Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:Murray/all:Just so you can't say we didn't warn you, I'd like to point out that the API/ABI freeze will happen on December 8th, 4 days from now. Just so you know - there is a _critical_ accessibility API-related bug in gtk+ which haven't been addressed yet, since Owen has been on holiday (and several other serious accessibility API bugs against gtk+). I don't know quite what to do about this, but at least one of the bugs is a total accessibility stopper and as such may have to be dealt with via an exception to the freeze: 64613
The user-visible problem is GOK bug
This (like several accessibility problems in the GNOME 2.5 stack) is caused by behavioral changes in gtk+, so from a user viewpoint they are very serious regressions. However from gtk+'s viewpoint bincompat has not been broken, so the only alternative is either change gtk+'s behavior or new API. There's a patch for the gtk+ bug, but if it can't be applied the only alternative is new API. There is also gnomeprint bug
We've been trying to deal with this one and will work with Jody to try and solve it by Monday - but it's definitely an API issue. We have been working hard to close all the API issues in the accessibility modules on time, but some issues cannot be resolved in the accessibility modules themselves. Other significant gtk+ API issues for accessibility:
How should we proceed to get these resolved in time? regards Bill Here's some information about the API/ABI freeze: http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/tasks.html#FreezeAPI http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/tasks.html#ApprovingFreezeBreaks As ever, we would like you to send an email to the release-team to tell us what new API you have added to your GNOME Platform modules.Here's a pretty calendar to scare your pants off: December 2003 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9(10)11 12 13 2.5.1, API/ABI Freeze 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28(29)30(31) 2.5.2 tarballs due and released January 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11(12)13(14)15 16 17 2.5.3, Feature, Module and UI Freeze 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25(26)27(28)29 30 31 2.5.4 tarballs due and released February 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9)10(11)12 13 14 Beta 1, String and Hard UI Freeze 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22(23)24(25)26 27 28 Beta 2, HARD CODE FREEZE 29 March 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa (1) 2 (3) 4 5 6 Release Candidate tarballs due and released 7 (8) 9(10)11 12 13 GNOME 2.6.0 FINAL 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31Murray Cumming www.murrayc.com murrayc usa net _______________________________________________ gnome-hackers mailing list gnome-hackers gnome org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-hackers |