Bug#154950: Gnome 2 transition

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Christian Marillat writes ("Bug#154950: Gnome 2 transition"):
> Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> > What other [conflicting] files are involved ?
> 
> Pixmaps files, .mo files, documentation files.

These can be put in different directories, surely ?

> > If the libraries are compatible, why not just keep linking against the
> > old library until the new one is truly stable ?
> 
> Libraries aren't compatible. You can't recompile a GNOME 1 package
> against a GNOME 2 package. And GNOME 2 libraries are stable. 2.0.1 has
> been released 2 weeks ago.

So, taking the sawfish example, the _source_ has changed but the
resulting binary behaves similarly after the old version is compiled
against Gnome1 and the new one against Gnome2 ?

Ian.