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On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 10:55:28AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Le Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 10:58:58PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait:
> > Er, how many packages are we talking about here?
Lots of packages, it is true. I don't pretend it is a trivial
exercise.
> > We have in the past kept multiple versions available when they do not
> > conflict and are not very compatible (ie emacs) but if we are talking
> > about 50 packages...
>
> Keepping two Gnome versions in unstable and expect them to be
> releasable at any time is simply not realistic (doable but not realistic
> at all).
I don't know why you think it is unrealistic.
The Gnome 1 packages in "testing" are right now, by definition,
releasable. They are not undergoing much upstream revision, so the
maintenance burden ought to be low. Some (e.g. me) have offered to
maintain them until the Gnome 2 packages are ready.
The Gnome 2 packages will be maintained in releasable state by their
wildly enthusiastic maintainers.
> Gnome2 means gtk 2, gnome1.4 means gtk 1.2. Having a consistant gnome
> 1.4 in unstable, means keeping old version (working with gtk1.2) of
> all software that are ported to GTK2 (ie all software using gtk).
>
> Most of the time, the switch to GTK2 means that the old gtk1.2 version
> is going to be dropped soon. Therefore we'd have many old applications
> no more supported by the upstream authors. It is really not desirable.
It is not a usual case, to be sure. However, until Gnome 2 is
completely acceptable, some *do* think it is desirable to have
both available.
-Steve
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