Re: [Evolution-hackers] gtkhtml API version

["Øystein Gisnås" <oystein gisnas net>]

2007/4/14, Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>:
> On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 16:51 +0200, Øystein Gisnås wrote:
> > What happened to the gtkhtml API versioning before the GNOME 2.18
> > release? Seems like it was a mistake to do the bump in
> > http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtkhtml/trunk/configure.in?r1=8408&r2=8425
> >
> > It is not the new strategy to bump API_VERSION for every release I
> > hope..? As Tor Lillquist mentioned, it's to late to revert now.
> >
> > What will happen before the next release (given that API/ABI is not
> > broken)? It's NOT desirable to let the API_VERSION follow the general
> > version number!
>
> Bumping the API was not a mistake.  It marked the migration from
> GnomePrint to GtkPrint, which broke GtkHtml's API.  GtkHtml no longer
> depends on nor supports GnomePrint.
>
> The API_VERSION should only change when the API actually changes.
> Incrementing it to match the version number rather than by one was a
> policy decision, as I recall.

Ok. That is perfectly fine then. As long as the policy is followed in
prior releases...

Øystein