Re: Dependency question for gnome dictionary

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 23:46 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The new Dictionary code (soon to land in gnome-utils HEAD) introduces a
> small-ish library called libgdict; it's a transport-agnostic library
> used to interface to various dictionary sources (like a RFC2229
> dictionary server, but I plan to add support for HTTP access using
> libsoup and direct file access for StarDict dictionaries).  It's based
> on GLib and GTK+, and it resides inside the gnome-utils module
> (gnome-utils/gnome-dictionary/libgdict, inside the "new-dictionary"
> branch).
> 
> This library tries to address feature requests for the Dictionary, and
> fixes the leaks and unmaintainable code that plagued the old Dictionary
> code base.
> 
> I'd like to propose it for inclusion in the 2.14 release: I can
> guarantee API/ABI stability, and its API is documented following the
> release rules (gtk-doc says 75% symbols coverage, but I plan to add more
> as soon as it lands in HEAD).

Inclusion in platform or in desktop? I'd assume desktop, which means
there are less demands on stability.

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