Re: ITP: g-wrap -- Scripting interface generator for C

[Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>]

Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> writes:

> Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at> writes:
>
>> To clarify the situation: I've included mininimal wrappers for GLib
>> that work with both GLib 1.x and GLib 2.x in G-Wrap, mainly to support
>> GnuCash. These wrappers are built against GLib 1.x, since currently
>> GnuCash/GNOME2 is not ready for prime-time, and GNOME2 programs
>> written in Guile should use the bindings of GLib in guile-gnome
>> anyway, since these are much more complete. When GnuCash/GNOME2
>> finally arrives, either G-Wrap has to build the GLib bindings against
>> GLib 2.x, or GnuCash has to switch to use guile-gnome.
>
> It is simply not important to me to "get rid of things" for its own
> sake.
>
Well, G-Wrap 1.3 has no upstream anymore, and its functionality is
replicated in G-Wrap 1.9 - you know, I didn't add the compatibility
layer for the fun of it.

> I don't want to make potentionally destabilizing changes, and I
> *especially* don't want to make changes like this which result in
> upstream saying "you're totally on your own now."
>
Does upstream actually say that? I've been talking with Derek Atkins
(warlord) on IRC, and from what I gathered, they are trying to use
G-Wrap 1.9, and mostly suceeding modulo a few buglets, all of which
should be fixed in the Debian packaging.

> I'm happy maintaining gwrapguile right now.  It's extremely stable and
> isn't causing any problems that I know of.
>
Of course GnuCash is your package, and you are free to maintain it as
you like; I was merely suggesting that switching to G-Wrap 1.9 should
be a viable option.

Regards, Rotty
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