Re: gtk 2.0.x or 2.9+ for etch g-i ? (Was: graphics or text as default)
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 10:07:45AM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Le mardi 16 mai 2006 à 09:50 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
>
> > Sebastien, do you know if the development 2.9 gtk packages will be uploaded to
> > experimental or something such ? If so, would it be meaningful to have those
> > packages also include the build of the .udebs, and upload to unstable a
> > version of those with the main .debs disabled ? PAckaging synergy of this kind
> > is good to reduce workload for all involved.
>
> I don't intend to package GTK 2.9 right now, no. The new version change
> its ABI version as described by the announcement mail:
>
> "
> ...
> * GtkFileChooser:
> - Communication with backends is now asynchronous to avoid
> blocking on filesystem operations. Due to the required interface
> changes, the GTK+ ABI version has been bumped to 2.10.0. Third-party
> filesystem backends have to be ported to the new interface, other
> modules, such as theme engines, input method modules or pixbuf
> loaders
> have to be rebuilt so that they are installed in the right place
> for GTK+ to find them.
> ..."
>
> We have enough work with GNOME 2.14 at the moment and the "ported to the
> new interface" part means it requires to go with libgnomeui 2.15 anyway
>
> I'm not interested to upload a GTK 2.9 variant building only the .udebs
> to unstable neither
Ok, but if someone else would be packaging those to produce .udebs, you have
no particular objection to uploading .debs to experimental at the same time ?
Or would it make sense to build the gtk-dfb variant from the same cvs/svn repo
as the rest of the gtk stuff is done, instead of a standalone snapshot outside
of it ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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