Denis Leroy wrote: > I've been investigating the move to libgda 3.99.8 (4.0 API) for Fedora > 11. The 4.0 API is apparently stable now, and based on the F-11 > release timeframe, upstream does recommend it. There's also a growing > number of projects working with the 4.0 API already and I've received > a request for this for an Anjuta plugin > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479298). > > There are currently 4 packages that depend on the 3.0 API: glom, > gnome-python2-extras, qof and gnumeric-plugins-extras. The port to 4.0 > appears to be non-trivial > (http://library.gnome.org/devel/libgda-4.0/3.99/migration-2.html). We > can probably work out a patch for something like the gnumeric plugin, > but I don't know how much work would be required to port > gnome-python2-extras for example. Glom still uses the 3.0 API, but the > 4.0 port is almost finished in SVN. > > 2 options here: > > 1. Wait for glom to release its 4.0 API port, ping upstream for other > dependencies or work on patches. Not yet clear how much work is > required for this. > > 2. Revive the compat-libgda package (currently a dead.package, we used > to have it for the 2.0 API when 2.99 was packaged) for the 3.0 API and > move libgda to 3.99. Would this require a new package review ? > Depends on if there is more then just a name change. Are libgda3 and libgda4 parallel installable (including their -devel) without requiring any hacks to libgda3 ? (We do not want to hack libgda4, as then we would need to carry those hacks for a potential long time).

So what is the latest situation? Sorry for being irritating, but I am just itching to build Anjuta 2.25.x for Rawhide as soon as possible. :-)