Re: External deps: update poppler

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On 6/7/07, Iago Toral <itoral igalia com> wrote:
> > We should probably delegate upgrades of versions of existing external
> > dependencies to the BuildBrigade.  Thoughts?
> >
>
> Maybe we can handle this in the near future, but I'd like first to know
> how this is being done at this moment (who is doing it and how). I think
> the BuildBrigade work should be nearer to the releasing team than it is
> currently, so I think it'd be great if we can help with this. Guadec is
> almost here, if you (or any other related people) are attending we can
> meet there and talk about this, if not, please let me know about this
> process in this list so we can decide how we can get involved.

I would love to be at GUADEC again, but I don't think it'll work out
this time.  The nitty gritty details of how this works can be found at
http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointNineteen/ExternalDependencies.  However,
the short version is:
 Someone proposes bumping an allowed external dependency version
 number, people can comment on the mailing list, and then someone on
 the release team responds.
So far, "someone on the release team" == me in every case I remember.
Since the main point of being strict about bumping allowed external
dependency versions is to ensure buildability, it really seems it'd
make sense to have the build brigade involved or even in charge here.

Hope that helps,
Elijah