Bug#288642: libglade2 toolbar problems should be fixed in applications

Andreas Rottmann Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>, 288642@bugs.debian.org
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:56:04 +0100


Alex Roitman <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu> writes:

>> It is no viable strategy to release with a libglade2 that has
>> incompatible behaviour to upstream. Just think of a user compiling
>> software locally that relies on the changes made in libglade
>> 2.4.1. Also, it seems synaptic, which also had this issue (see
>> #288642) has already been fixed, as has the Linux kernel's gconfig
>> system.
>> 
>> So, I've you cannot convince me that libglade2 should be patched (I
>> think you won't be able to :-P), I'll reassign #290811 this to meld.
>
> I completely agree. My hope would be that you or somebody else with more
> weight (developer-wise :-) than I am would push the 
>    http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163322
> towards its resolution upstream. This problem will affect all distros,
> once they upgrade to 2.4.1.
>
> I would kindly ask you to do two things:
>
> 1. Try my testcases from that bugzilla page
> 2. Post your opinion to the bugzilla page
>
Yeah, will do that. I'll hopefully come around to deal with this issue
today or tomorrow; I also will rise it on the GTK+ developers list.

Rotty