Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:56:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: Lawrence Mayer dsg <Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: GLib-2.0.1 pkg-descr, pkg-comment, and Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130948460.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205130637490.17881-100000@mbox.ki.se>
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Hi again Joe, 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). 1. The last paragraph of the GLib-2.0.1 pkg-descr reads the same as GTK+-2.0.2 used to, e.g. "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." Can we change that text to the following (e.g. analogous to the change we made for GTK+-2.0.2)? "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. 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." 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? 3. The GLib-2.0.1 pkg-comment reads as follows: "Some useful routines of C programming (unstable development version)" The GLib-1.2.10 pkg-comment reads as follows: "Some useful routines of C programming" Can we change them to: new GLib-2.0.1 pkg-comment: "Some useful routines of C programming (current stable version)" new GLib-1.2.10 pkg-comment: "Some useful routines of C programming (previous stable version)" 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? 5. The GLib-2.0.1 Makefile contains the following line (about halfway down): NO_LATEST_LINK=3D "Unstable, development version." Should that be changed to "Stable version", or should the entire line be removed from the Makefile? Thanks for your patience. I think it's worth the effort to make the ports accurate and consistent. Friendly Greetings, Lawrence Mayer <lawmay@ki.se> Ume=E5, Sweden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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