Re: GNOME xdg-app runtime doesn't follow the jhbuild modulesets

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 06:27:59PM +0100, Robert McQueen wrote:
> On 12/05/16 11:50, Sébastien Wilmet wrote:
> > For GNOME libraries, it is not recommended to mix different minor
> > versions. E.g. it is not a good idea to use GTK+ 3.20 with GtkSourceView
> > 3.22. So if an application uses the GNOME 3.20 runtime, it should also
> > use the 3.20 version for other GNOME libraries.
>
> I don't understand how such a mismatch would come about "accidentally": if
> you are maintaining/building your app against the 3.20 runtime and you know
> GtkSourceView 3.20 is therefore needed, you should select that version to
> bundle.

The context was (emphasis is mine):

> But, if a runtime starts getting too much stuff in it then this becomes
> a problem. Its slower to build, larger to download, harder to maintain,
> it potentially updates more often, and it quickly gets full of old
> releases that **gets in the way of apps bundling their own newer version.**

For GNOME libraries, it is not recommended to mix different minor
versions. E.g. it is not a good idea to use GTK+ 3.20 with GtkSourceView
3.22. So if an application uses the GNOME 3.20 runtime, it should also
use the 3.20 version for other GNOME libraries.

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Sébastien