Jedy: >>> - Now that we have a complete list of packages, ie.e. same as the rest >>> of the community, should we use a separate package name instead of >>> tagging onto gnome-panel? >> If I remember correctly, the GNOME community has been talking about >> eventually merging libsexy into GTK+ or some other base library. >> If libsexy will be a temporary library, it probably makes more >> sense to "hide" it in a package like the panel or base-libs >> package rather than making it more visible with a separate >> package. Just my opinion, though. > > Yes, there is a bug filed against this in bugzilla > (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508810). But I do not know > when will this be accomplished. If we can convince that it will go into > gtk in 1 or 2 GNOME release, we can just leave it alone. But if this > will take a real long time(such as 2 or 3 years), then it would be a > good idea to make a seperated package. IMPO, I think we put too many > applications/libraries in one signle package.
If the long-term plan is for libsexy to go away, then I think it makes more sense for it to be integrated into an existing package. Why add new packages and remove them in a few builds? Brian
