Date: 13 May 2002 00:19:23 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Lawrence Mayer dsg <Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GTK+-2.0.2 package description Message-ID: <1021263563.297.4.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130538550.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130538550.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se>
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On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 00:11, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Thanks alot for your quick reply. > > Since the old pkg-descr may already have caused some confusion, I suggest > that the last paragraph of the new pkg-descr quote directly from the GTK+ > homepage www.gtk.org/download/ as follows: > > "GTK+-2.0 is a stable release. But many applications still require > GTK+-1.2, the previous stable version. You can have the runtime and > development environments for both GTK+-2.0 and GTK+-1.2 installed > simultaneously on your computer." > > By explicitly labeling GTK+-2.0 as "stable" in the pkg-descr, we can help > undo some of the confusion the old pkg-descr may have caused. In > particular, the explicit "stable" label can help motivate FreeBSD ports of > stable software based on GTK+-2.0. > > What do you think? I like it. I'm committing it now. Joe > > > On 12 May 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > This is an old pkg-descr, and hasn't been updated when GTK 2.0 went > > gold. I have changed the last paragraph to read: > > > > "This version is binary incompatible with the previous release, GTK > > 1.2." > > > > If you'd like the pkg-descr to say something else, please let me know. > > Else I'll commit this. > > > > Joe > > -- 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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