On 7/21/05, Andrew Sobala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 14:49 -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote: > > But there is no reason to tarnish Gnome's reputation because some people > > feel that Gtk 2.8 is too cool to wait. Shipping a slower, more fragile > > version of Gnome and which in addition will not benefit for the most > > part on any of the new 2.8 stuff (if people are following the rules) > > seems like a loosing proposition. > > The QA team does not consider a GTK+ 2.8-based GNOME more fragile than a > 2.6-based one. The QA team believes the issues involved in upgrading > this component of the GNOME desktop are no greater than upgrading any > other fundamental library.
Let me rephrase a little: the QA team[1] has been testing gtk 2.7, and while we realize that gtk is deeper in the stack and as a result can cause some deeply hidden and hard-to-debug bugs, at this point we feel that gtk 2.7 is essentially as stable as 2.6 for the end-user, and more importantly, bugs in 2.7 are being fixed quickly and reliably by the gtk team; bugs in 2.6 are not. [1] worth noting that if Novell is concerned about the stability of HEAD, or the violation of promises about quality, Novell is more than welcome to participate in the QA team. It would be even more exciting if (like Ubuntu, or Red Hat) Novell distributed packages of unstable releases to their users. But a quick check last night shows that novell/ximian employees are not participating in very actively, filing only ~1% of all bugs against the non-evolution core during this calendar year; less than either sun or redhat. > If you believe otherwise, please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let us > know your reasons. References to bug numbers would be helpful. Seconded. If you believe gtk 2.7 is unstable, we need to know details and know now; we appreciate the efforts taken by the many who have actually used and tested it. Vague rumblings about potential instability don't count- I already played that card, have taken the plunge of using it, and have found it acceptable. Luis _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list