Re: Update required system-tools-backends to 2.1/2.2

[Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org>]

Hi Vincent!

On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 19:21 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le jeudi 04 janvier 2007, à 20:11, Carlos Garnacho a écrit :
> > Hi!,
> > 
> > As seen on http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointSeventeen/ExternalDependencies
> > system-tools-backends minimum dependency version is 1.9.7, it would be
> > great to upgrade that dependency to 2.1.2, it features the extensible
> > list of supported interface configuration methods and wireless key types
> > (for example, Feisty has support for local Zeroconf networks, and the
> > g-s-t frontends should notice this without affecting other
> > distributions)
> > 
> > Another desirable effect is that the 2.1.x versions use a lightweight
> > dispatcher, reducing hugely memory consumption during inactivity
> > compared to the 1.9/2.0 versions (marvels of interpreted languages...)
> > 
> > Obviously, the plan is to release s-t-b 2.2.0 with/before gnome 2.18.
> > Opinions?
> 
> Sorry, should have replied sooner.
> 
> Are both versions compatible? Or do you need some feature that's in
> 2.1.x?

2.1.x is compatible with 1.9.x/2.0.x, but it adds the feature I
explained in my original mail, which required liboobs and g-s-t code to
take advantage of it.

> 
> I guess it's okay to require the newer system-tools-backends, but if the
> minimum required version is still 1.9.7, then we can change only the
> recommended version...

I've just rolled liboobs and g-s-t without the feature before the
freezes are in effect, anyway it could be great to add 2.1.x as the
recommended version, but I guess that by now the features will have to
wait for 2.20...

	Regards

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Vincent
>