Date: 13 May 2002 12:11:02 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Lawrence Mayer dsg <Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GLib-2.0.1 pkg-descr, pkg-comment, and Makefile Message-ID: <1021306263.306.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130948460.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130948460.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se>
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On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 03:56, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > Hi again Joe, >=20 > I just noticed that the GLib-2.0.1 port has the same problems that the > GTK+-2.0.2 port had. According to the GTK+ homepage www.gtk.org, GLib-2.0 > "is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+-2.0". Since > its developers consider the GTK+-2.0 PACKAGE to be a stable release, they > consider both of its components GTK+-2.0 and GLib-2.0 to be stable (see > www.gtk.org/download). Done. I also took care of the other gtk issues you raised. I kept the NO_LATEST_LINK for glib20 and gtk20 since I'm not the one to make the decision on when gtk20 should replace gtk12 as the latest version of the library. =20 Joe >=20 > 1. The last paragraph of the GLib-2.0.1 pkg-descr reads the same as > GTK+-2.0.2 used to, e.g. >=20 > "Warning: this library is unstable development version, incompatible with > version 1.2, so it could not be used as a replacement for the older one." >=20 > Can we change that text to the following (e.g. analogous to the change we > made for GTK+-2.0.2)? >=20 > "GLib-2.0 is a stable release that forms the basis of GTK+-2.0. Likewise, > the previous stable release GLib-1.2 forms the basis of GTK+-1.2. >=20 > Many applications still require GTK+-1.2. You can have the runtime and > development environments for both GTK+-2.0 (which requires GLib-2.0) and > GTK+-1.2 (which requires GLib-1.2) installed simultaneously on your > computer." >=20 >=20 > 2. The GLib-2.0.1 pkg-descr is mirrored at > www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/devel/glib20/pkg-descr > Can you make the above change (1) here also if it doesn't happen > automatically? >=20 >=20 > 3. The GLib-2.0.1 pkg-comment reads as follows: > "Some useful routines of C programming (unstable development version)" >=20 > The GLib-1.2.10 pkg-comment reads as follows: > "Some useful routines of C programming" >=20 > Can we change them to: >=20 > new GLib-2.0.1 pkg-comment: > "Some useful routines of C programming (current stable version)" >=20 > new GLib-1.2.10 pkg-comment: > "Some useful routines of C programming (previous stable version)" >=20 >=20 > 4. The GLib-2.0.1 and GLib-1.2.10 pkg-comments are mirrored onto the same > page www.freebsd.org/ports/devel.html . Can you make the above changes (3= ) > here also if they don't happen automatically? >=20 >=20 > 5. The GLib-2.0.1 Makefile contains the following line (about halfway > down): >=20 > NO_LATEST_LINK=3D "Unstable, development version." >=20 > Should that be changed to "Stable version", or should the entire line be > removed from the Makefile? >=20 >=20 > Thanks for your patience. I think it's worth the effort to make the ports > accurate and consistent. >=20 > Friendly Greetings, > Lawrence Mayer <lawmay@ki.se> > Ume=E5, Sweden >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 PGP Key: http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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