On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 02:08 -0800, Tracey Hytry wrote: > Fernando says: > > What I don't know is if it would be worth the effort given that fc4 > > appears to have the proper versions. I'll cross that bridge when I get > > time to build those packages for Planet CCRMA... > > And when you get that done there will be a whole bunch of new programs > based on the lastest and greatest libraries that won't be able to be > compiled on FC4? Of course! Such is life... > This has been happening for years, just a fact of > life in the linux lane(which I prefer over the "it just works, trust > us" software lines). I have had this problem with qt before (ie: developers wanting the latest version for the app to build - I had to build newer versions of qt to support newer apps) but I don't think I had hit it with gtk2. I'm pretty sure there must be some very convenient api feature in the new version of gtk2, but I still would urge developers to stay one or two major versions back in their requirements, so that their software is easier to build on older versions of distros. -- Fernando
