Re: Gtk+ 2.8 for GNOME 2.12

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc redhat com>]

On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 09:05 -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> [I'm not opposed to 2.7 going in anymore- what bugs there are seem to
> be getting fixed very promptly- so this is just for information.]
> 
> On 7/18/05, Mark McLoughlin <markmc redhat com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 14:01 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > 
> > > > Yes, we GNOME 2.12 is planned to use GTK+ 2.8. There's always a slight
> > > > chance that we would try to revert to 2.6 is something went terribly
> > > > wrong, but things seem to be OK so far.
> > >
> > > It seems, from a vendor point of view (I'm not a vendor), that we need
> > > to make a real statement, without the "there is a slight chance that
> > > we'll revert to 2.6". Else, nobody will use GTK+ 2.8.
> > 
> >         Fedora has had GTK+ 2.7 for nearly a month now. I'm not aware any major
> > issues with it currently ... Matthias would know better, though.
> 
> For the record, because fedora/rh basically actively discourage people
> from using rawhide (though this is less true than it used to be),
> 'rawhide does $FOO' is not particularly persuasive to the QA team

	I wasn't addressing any concerns of the QA team - I was addressing the
concerns of other vendors. Fedora has committed to GTK+ 2.8 in its next
release - that should be a modicum of comfort for other vendors.

	(To counter your point, though - Fedora's rawhide testing community
isn't insignificant)

Cheers,
Mark.