The hal/udev dependencies need to be resolved before moving on to hal-0.5.8.x
-Joseph =========================================================== On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 16:51 -0600, Elijah Newren wrote: > On 9/11/06, Matthias Clasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The topic came up earlier, and I think there was a general consensus > > that it is a good idea to freeze the versions of external dependencies, > > and use tarball modules for them in the gnome-2.18 moduleset in jhbuild. > > Due to the feedback received so far, I've modifed the exact wording of > the proposal and the list of versions a couple times so far. I > thought it'd be worth posting the most recent version and asking if > there was any further feedback on it or objections to it being > adopted: > > The basics: > The versions of external dependencies that Gnome module may depend > upon are listed on a link from the release schedule > (http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointSeventeen/External Dependencies, > for this release). It may be updated at any time by the > release-team. > > Getting the list updated: > If you want to add a new dependency or want one of the versions > updated, make a good case for it on desktop-devel-list. In > particular, provide reasons why it is important to bump the > version number, explain any impact (compile and run time) on other > modules, and list any additional external dependencies it would > pull in. Be prepared for others to take a few days to test it (in > particular, to ensure it builds) before giving a thumbs up or > down. > > Available enforcement mechanism: > If a module depends on either a new external dependency not listed > here or a newer version of an external dependency than one listed > here, we may revert to an older version of that module for Gnome > 2.17.x (which may result in reversions of other modules too). The > development version of that module can again be used once either > this page is updated by the release-team or the new(er) external > dependency is made optional. > > Two special cases worth noting (and already documented on that page): > (1) xulrunner from cvs will still be used until the 1.8.1 release; > Christian has pointed out this is needed for current Epiphany, > (2) David has already made some pretty convincing arguments that > we'll want to adopt HAL 0.5.8.1 & 0.5.9 once they're out; this > isn't really so much of a special case, as just notice that we > need to work out build issues so that those without a bleeding > edge OS and not testing/developing/documenting HAL related > functionality can still easily build what they need. Help > welcome. > > > Thanks for your awesome work everyone, > Elijah > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
