Re: ATK question

[Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>]

On 11/19/2013 10:51 AM, John Emmas wrote:
> > > Version numbering of ATK and the numbers of the branches are not
> > > exactly
> > > the same. In fact, if you take a look to the name of the branches,
> > > it is
> > > not "atk-3-2" but "gnome-3-2". Those branches are a utility for
> > > GNOME as
> > > a whole. So on the branch gnome-3-2.x of atk, you will find the atk
> > > that
> > > you should use on gnome 3.2.x.
> How interesting.  Over the years I've noticed that certain libraries
> attempt to track each other to some extent but I had no idea that
> there's ever a co-ordinated release of gnome in its entirety.

On GNOME there is a release planning as a whole. In short a new stable
major stable or GNOME is released each 6 months, doing some beta
unstable release in between. You can see all the info about release
planning here [1]. In any case, is somewhat outdated, as it talks about
previous release. You can see current cycle schedule here [2]

> I wouldn't like to be the person who co-ordinates it.  He must have a
> pretty stressful life!  ;-)

And that's the reason this is coordinated by a team, the release-team [3][4]

> Many thanks for the explanation.

You are welcome.

BR

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/ReleasePlanning/
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Schedule
[3] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
[4] https://wiki.gnome.org/ReleasePlanning/Membership

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