Re: external dependency review

[Eitan Isaacson <eitan monotonous org>]

What about Python? Could we bump it to 2.6? I would like to use the
json module, but it's only bundled in the standard lib in 2.6.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Matthias Clasen
<matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> once per cycle, we should go through the list of external dependencies
> [1], make sure they are in sync with the modulesets we use to build
> the release, weed out dead entries, and bump version numbers to the
> latest stable release (unless there is a good reason not to). I've
> gone through this excercise today, and propose the following changes.
> If any of this looks wrong, please complain. Otherwise, I'll work on
> getting these numbers into the list and the modulesets.
>
> If we need any changes to minimal required versions, please let me know as well.
>
> Matthias
>
>
> avahi                     no change
> bdb                       not mentioned in the moduleset at all -> drop ?
> cairo                     1.8.10
> cairomm                   1.8.1
> clutter                   1.2.8
> clutter-gtk               no change
> conduit                   0.3.16
> dbus                      1.2.24
> dbus-glib                 0.86
> dbus-python               0.83.1
> desktop-file-utils        0.16
> DeviceKit-disks           drop in favour of udisks ?
> enchant                   1.6.0
> expat                     2.0.1
> farsight2                 0.0.12
> fontconfig                2.8.0
> gamin                     only used by gnome-vfs -> drop ?
> gmime                     2.4.15
> gnutls                    no change
> gpgme                     not used by anything in moduleset -> drop ?
> gtk-vnc                   no change
> hal                       used by tracker (?), suggested by others -> drop ?
> hicolor-icon-theme        no change
> icon-naming-utils         no change
> intltool                  0.41.1
> iso-codes                 3.9
> libcanberra               0.24
> libchamplain              0.4.4
> libcolorblind             no change
> libcroco                  no change
> llibgda                   4.0.8
> libgdata                  no change
> libggz                    dropped from gnome-games -> drop ?
> libgpg-error              1.8
> libgcrypt                 no change
> libgsf                    1.14.18
> libical                   no change
> libmapi                   no change
> libmusicbrainz            replace by libmusicbrainz3
> libnotify                 no change
> liboil                    0.3.17
> libproxy                  0.4.0
> libtasn1                  2.6
> libxklavier               no change
> libunique                 1.1.6
> libxml2                   2.7.7
> libxslt                   1.1.26
> Mono.Addins               no change
> mozilla                   use xulrunner 1.9.2 ?
> ndesk-dbus                no change
> ndesk-dbus-glib           no change
> nspr                      4.8.4
> nss                       3.12.6
> opal                      3.8.1
> PackageKit                2.30.1
> pkg-config                no change
> polkit-gtk                called polkit-gnome now, 0.96
> pulseaudio                no change
> poppler                   0.12.4
> pycairo                   1.8.8
> ptllb                     2.8.1
> rarian                    no change
> shared-mime-info          0.71
> sqlite                    3.6.23.1
> startup-notification      no change
> swfdec                    no change
> system-tool-backends      2.10.0
> telepathy-glib            0.11.5
> telepathy-mission-control 5.4.0
> tracker                   0.8.6 (or 0.9.x ?)
> upower                    0.9.4
> vala                      0.8.1
> webkit                    no change
>
> libatasmart               0.17
> libdaemon                 0.14
> libnice                   0.11
> pixman                    0.18.2
> samba4                    alpha11
>
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointThirtyone/ExternalDependencies
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