UVF vs. gtk-sharp2 2.3.90

[Brandon Hale]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 17:27 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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).

At this point I would be willing to drop Monodevelop and gtk#2 from main
in an effort to track a few changes more loosely over the next week in
an attempt to ship the best possible product.  As we all know Beagle was
the real target, Monodevelop was a bonus.

Thanks,
Brandon Hale