UVF vs. gtk-sharp2 2.3.90

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Mon Aug 22 19:27:26 CDT 2005


On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:10:55PM -0400, Brandon Hale wrote:

> There is a new upstream release of gtk-sharp (2.3.90) which reflects a
> sizable ammount of bugfixing and stabilization work.  This release is
> also finally endorsed by upstream as API stable.
> 
> I attempted in the time leading up to UVF to get a tentative timeline
> for gtk-sharp2 release cycle, but was unable to get any sort of
> commitments on this, other than the previously speculated dates would
> slip.  I was pretty upset with this situation, but I eventually spoke
> with mdz who didn't seem terribly concerned given that our targetted
> apps are in good shape.
> 
> Impact on apps already in breezy:
> Monodevelop (main) - Application itself is fine, needs a small fix to
> redirect new project files to the correct gtk-sharp2 assemblies.
> Muine (universe) - one line patch to fix a namespace conflict.
> Cowbell (universe) - works as-is

Currently, most of its binaries are scheduled to be removed to universe:

http://people.ubuntu.com/~mdz/anastacia.txt

is it worth keeping it in main for the benefit of monodevelop?  If it moves
to universe, you are free to update it as often as you like, subject to MOTU
policy (which is less restrictive).

-- 
 - mdz



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