Re: Blocker bug review ahead of freeze
- From: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27 gmail com>
- To: "Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a. Dimstar" <dimstar opensuse org>
- Cc: desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Blocker bug review ahead of freeze
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:01:01 +0200
On 16/08/13 16:39, Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a. Dimstar wrote:
Quoting Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>:
Hey,
the 3.9.90 release is coming up next week - it marks the beginning of
our freezes, so this is a good time to review the blocker bug list
again. After my first post earlier this week, I got some
contributions, so the list is well-populated now.
NetworkManager
------------------------
701078 Port NM to BlueZ 5
IMHO, this is very late to happen 'just before RC' (3.9.90 is on Aug 20) with a
full ABI/API freeze.
As of now, distros did not do the switch to BlueZ5 as
* It can not be parallel installed with BlueZ4
* It is not backwards compatible
* So far, only very few components know how to use it
Of course, at one point we will have to bite the bullet... but 'just before RC'
for such a drastic change is, in my opinion, not the best way;
And I don't think NM is even the only piece in the GNOME stack affected; from a
quick glance, I can see at least also:
* GVFS (backend; can probably be disabled).
* gnokii (seems those Nokia phones just don't die!)
* gnome-phone-manager (mostly obsolete I guess).
And stuff outside of the reach of GNOME:
* PulseAudio (has a bluetooth module)
* qemu (bring BT support to VMs)
This all would be no issue if the variants could co-exist of course :(
The NM patches add a configure switch for bluez 5. If you don't pass it, bluez 4
support is compiled.
As for the other modules, if you want 3.10 with bluez 4:
gnome-shell: you need to revert a trivial patch
gnome-control-center: likewise
gnome-user-share: stay at 3.8. the only changes after 3.8.3 are bluez 5 support
so you won't miss anything.
gnome-bluetooth: stay at 3.8. 3.9/3.10 drop support for bluez 4 and change the
libgnome-bluetooth ABI.
NM: don't pass --enable-bluez5.
Cheers,
Emilio
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