Hello.

On 09/02/17 04:50, Simon Lees wrote:
>
>
> On 02/09/2017 12:42 AM, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> On 07/02/17 10:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
>>> On Tue, 7 Feb 2017 18:25:58 +1030 Simon Lees <[email protected]> said:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 02/06/2017 10:06 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Time-based releases keep the expectations if they are followed. Once
>>>>> we miss the frame, we start to have this feature-based releases ("oh,
>>>>> waited so long, can wait a bit more") and when people work
>>>>> independently, they always have some in-flux work that could get in...
>>>>> so at some point these guys will want to delay a bit more so their
>>>>> work gets in as well... endless wait -- AKA e17/efl-1.0
>>>>>
>>>>> IOW: just do it, and let's not miss the 3 month schedule next time. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem is people (even some in Samsung) are writing software that
>>>> depends on unstable eo, regardless of whether its wrong or right its
>>>> happening. This means that every release there is an extra bunch of work
>>>> for downstream projects to roll another release and then for distro's to
>>>> package all theses changes.
>>
>> What are the offending packages you have to deal with here? As far as I
>> know it neither Enlightenment nor Termonology nor Rage is using any EO
>> based API.
>>
>> They only ones I know of are developer tools like Edi, Eventor and
>> Efleete. Are these packaged in OpenSUSE?
>>
>
> These are the main ones, there packaged but not in the main repo's and
> won't be until eo is stable. I held of packaging them at all for a long
> time but every indication was given that interfaces would be done for
> 1.18 and I wanted to try them so I built packages. I can't remember if
> ephoto also does, but I have test packages based off its last beta so if
> it does it would probably also need another beta. efm/verne/jesus also
> does but i'm only building that from git snapshots anyway so its less of
> an issue.
>
> In short really the people already using eo and those that want the
> regular 3 month releases back to a lesser extent really need to pitch in
> and get the work finished.

OK. We will see in 3 months where we stand with eo interfaces and if 
enough important other changes have been added for a new release.

regards
Stefan Schmidt

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