Re: g-wrap parallel installability part deux

[Andreas Rottmann]

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey all,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 22:11 +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
>> > From the pkgsrc point of view, the new g-wrap would get a g-wrap2
>> > package, and one could install both.
>
> FWIW at this point I'm not averse to changing to (g-wrap2) as the module
> name. It's foolproof, modulo any typos when doing the switch. Otherwise
> GnuCash must compile with the new g-wrap (consider bsd's that build
> their systems, gentoo, etc.)
>
> I agree with Greg that this is a serious issue. 
>
I'll shortly release a new G-Wrap release candidate that will be able
to *build* GnuCash - note that the the test suite still doesn't work
completly and I haven't done any testing wether GnuCash actually works
with the new G-Wrap. Maybe I get around to fix these issues before
releasing the candidate.

>> > Even if the download link were just a server-generated page
>> > with what's in the directory it woudl be nicer for the casual user.
>
> I'll see about doing this today or tomorrow.
>
>> Perhaps we should do like Gnome-Python and provide publically
>> advertized (on gnome-lang-bindings) prereleases. Wingo?
>
> Sure, once you can actually install it with g-wrap ;) I don't want to
> deal with answering double-g-wrap installation bugs -- I'm too high-
> latency, and users will get discouraged.
>
Ok, my goal is to release 1.9.3 this week, with the first testing
candiate tomorrow or tuesday. BTW, could you merge your changes back
into the main archive?

Cheers, Rotty
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