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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
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