[Xfce4-commits] r24827 - libxfcegui4/branches/xfce_4_4/libxfcegui4

Jannis Pohlmann jannis at xfce.org
Mon Feb 5 08:15:25 CET 2007


On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:06:41 +0100, Olivier Fourdan wrote:

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> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> > Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:55:39 -0800, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Uh, Danny, why are you adding API to the 4.4 branch?  Please
> >>>> don't.
> >>>>
> > [snip: a bunch of dubiously-useful 'why not?' reasons]
> >>>> At any rate, NONE of this stuff should be added to the 4.4
> >>>> branch.
> >>> Every change I did except the ones on NetkTrayIcon was neccessary
> >>> to fix API flaws and I don't see why I should not have done them.
> 
> xfce_4_4 is the new *stable* branch, only bug fixes should go in
> there, no API changes, no now features, nothing but bug fixes.
> 
> So I agree with Brian here, these changes should be reverted in the
> 4.4 branch.

Agreed. No new API functions in stable branches - this release policy
should be taken serious. Otherwise we could just stop making stable
releases and just push out /trunk every once in a while.

  - Jannis



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