Re: gnome-dateedit patch?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Kevin Handy <kth@srv.net> writes:
> A while back I submitted a patch to gnome-dateentry to allow using GDate
> to
> create the entry (in addition to the existing time_t), as well as some
> i18n
> fixes.
> 
> Wondering what the status of this is? I am writing programs with a lot
> of
> date fields, and GDate is easier for me to use, but I can convert this
> to
> time_t in the program if necessary (but it requires extra code for each 
> call). If the patch is accepted, then I don't need the extra code.
> 
> I'd like to be compatible with gnome-libs, but if the patch is accepted
> then I can have my cake and eat it too :)
> 

Well, the patch can't go in the current gnome-libs, it has to wait for
the next incompatible release (which is likely to be in November or
so). There's not much focus on finishing this gnome-libs for now, so
I'd recommend putting the patch in the bug tracker so it doesn't get
lost.

Havoc