Re: gtk+/glib versions for GNOME 2.20

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 16:12 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le mardi 15 mai 2007, �5:05 +0200, Vincent Untz a �it :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In [1], Tim mentioned that the current plan was to release GTK+ 2.12
> > mid-June. Is this still the case or do you expect a delay? This would be
> > useful to know, so we can tell people that it's okay to use the new GTK+
> > features.
> > 
> > And any idea about glib 2.14? I guess if GTK+ 2.12 will be ready, the
> > new glib will be ready too.
> > 
> > (FWIW, Behdad told on IRC that he expects GNOME 2.20 to use pango 1.18)
> 
> Since the release dates for GTK+ 2.12 and glib 2.14 are now post-GUADEC
> and it's probably not a good idea to put pressure on the GTK+ team, I
> believe it's better to stay with GTK+ 2.10/glib 2.12 for GNOME 2.20.
> 
> If there's no objection, the release team will announce this in a few
> days.

If this happens, I hope that GTK+ will not then be frozen before GNOME
2.21/2.22 development has really started, or else the new GTK+ API will
be frozen before it is tested. Synchronization with the GNOME release
schedule would be best.

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