Re: [Vala] Vala 0.7.3 & glib <2.14

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 22:02 +0100, Andrew Flegg wrote:
> Unfortunately, 0.7.3 depends on g_regexp_split_simple - which was
> introduced in glib 2.14. Unfortunately, Maemo 4 only has glib 2.12
> (Maemo 5, which is currently in the form of a beta SDK has glib 2.14
> but isn't going to be released for current devices).
>
> This issue cropped up a year ago:
>
>     http://mail.gnome.org/archives/vala-list/2008-March/msg00061.html
>
> Then, the code in valac to rely on the regexp functions was backed
> out. Is that feasible here, or do I need to start maintaining a patch
> set for glib 2.12 compatibility (a lot more work than simply packaging
> it :-/)?

I've applied a patch by Mark Lee to fix this, GLib 2.12 compatibility
should now be restored in master.

Jürg