I've done a release candidate for java-gnome 4.0.7
As described before, there's nothing requiring us to do RCs; but they
have proved useful. This time around, there are two audiences:
One, people doing packaging can check and make sure that 4.0.7 is all
sorted for them. Remember that the goal is that *zero* configuration and
build related patches be necessary; after all, we want people to be able
to build & hack on java-gnome itself if building it themselves from
source and if a distro's packages have a huge patch set then we aren't
doing our job to support them.
Second, people with serious apps wishing to use 4.0.7 as the release
they depend on for their own next release can check that stuff they
_really_ need is in there.
I have delayed the release of 4.0.7 until 27 April or so. I are moving,
and so I will be off the direct internet for the next week (at least, I
hope it's not any longer than that. {sigh}, telcos. I will be able to
get email intermittently; if you want to chat, use the mailing lists.
Cheers,
AfC
Sydney
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