RE: 2.4 Module List and Rationale (aka GEP10 and 11)
- From: Sander Vesik <sander_traveling yahoo co uk>
- To: Murray Cumming Comneon com, louie ximian com
- Cc: ross burtonini com, gnome-hackers gnome org
- Subject: RE: 2.4 Module List and Rationale (aka GEP10 and 11)
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:14:16 +0000 (GMT)
--- Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > From: Sander Vesik [mailto:sander_traveling yahoo co uk]
> > To: Luis Villa
> > > P.S. FWIW, my personal sense is that we need a 'bindings
> > release' or
> > > something like that- have latest *mm, py*, and *# (and
> > maybe gtk-perl,
> > > since I hear that is making a comeback) grouped together,
> > so that both
> > > the bindings and GNOME can get maximum publicity and
> > organization from
> > > it.
> > >
> >
> > Would this be a 'gnome desktop' or 'gnome platform' type of
> > release? That
> > is - are two consequtive releases of 'gnome-bindings'
> > supposed to be 100%
> > api/abi compatible? i'm not sure if the bindings have seen
> > enough use to
> > commit themselves to such
>
> A "bindings release" probably wouldn't have 100% API or module _coverage_,
> but it shouldn't be difficult to demand API/ABI stability for the major
> bindings projects.
>
> For instance, gtkmm 1.2, gtkmm 2.0, and gtkmm 2.2 have been very disciplined
> about API/ABI stability. And gtkmm's schedule is now almost in-sync with
> GTK+. libgnomecanvasmm, libglademm, and gconfmm are also API/ABI stable, but
> we can't say the same for libgnomeuimm because of the Bonobo complications.
> If there was demand for it then we would happily freeze libgnomeuimm as it
> is, without the Bonobo stuff. We are just starting on gnome-vfsmm.
>
Just IMHO but it makes sense to not freeze non-finished stuff and just leave
these out and add them in in the next release. To me (but this might be just me) it
makes even sense to go for a consistent coverage for a potentially smaller set of
modules than have a very mish-mash experience as to what is supported by which
binding.
> Murray Cumming
> murrayc usa net
> www.murrayc.com
>
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