Re: GTK+ 2.20.0 is now available for download...

[David Nečas <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:57:13AM -0700, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 3/24/10, Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi> wrote:
> 
> > From: Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>
> > Subject: Re: GTK+ 2.20.0 is now available for download...
> > To: "IMS" <ims77 dev gmail com>
> > Cc: gtk-list gnome org
> > Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 3:04 AM
> > > Is it usual to release a stable
> > version (here Gtk 2.20.0) based on
> > > development librairies like Glib ???
> > 
> > If you don't like it, feel free to wait then for GLib
> > 2.24.
> > 
> Nonsense.
> 
> In the 'gnome' world _stable_are the ones which have even minor version
> and as _stable_ they should depend on _stable_ libraries which also have
> even minor version.
> 
> A stable release depending on unstable libraries by definition is not
> stable.

As was explained, you can always ignore the fact that some 2.23 GLib.
version is sufficient and pretend that it depends on 2.24 and you get
your definitions of stable.  In reality, nothing changes.

What part of that you did not understand?

Yeti