Re: [gnome-settings-daemon] datetime: Remove datetime D-Bus mechanism

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 15:47 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote:
> requirements and they sometimes change.
> 
> We should work together and reach out though to affected parties... and
> IMO well known that I/release team could improve on that. Fortunately
> 3.4 is not out yet.
> 

In the interest of better communications:

What are the actions GNOME is going to do for distributors?  To
summarize the thread:

1) maintain portability matrix, external dependencies

1) Shaun mentions re-implementing -
http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointNinetyone/ExternalDependencies

2) Olav mentions -

https://live.gnome.org/PortabilityMatrix

>From the discussions distributors wanted one release in advance for the
external dependencies to be updated.  You'll have to figure out how to
work that with module owners on that one.  But I assume the release team
can help here.

Yes, I understand that there was instances where people did know the
changes organically with evidence. I think what distributors want is
formulism despite whether knowledge is there or not.  If we can release
software every 6 months we should able to give formal requirements 6
months prior to the release.

What are the expectations of GNOME for distributors?

Read the portability matrix and if we have ExternalDependencies then we
should do that.

Anything else?

As a marketing guy, I want to see a common experience on all
distributions (branding aside).  Let's not lose sight of the fact that
we want to see our software on as many distributions as possible and it
should be easy to integrate GNOME with any particular distro. 

Maintaining good relationships with our distributors is essential for
that.

sri