Proposed changes for Pidgin 2.7.0

[Mark Doliner]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Ethan Blanton<elb at pidgin.im> wrote:
> John Bailey spake unto us the following wisdom:
>> Now, I ask for a vote from our current developers and Crazy Patch
>> Writers.  I think holding this vote open until we release Pidgin 2.6.0
>> is a reasonable timeframe within which to cast votes.  To start the
>> voting off, I cast a vote of yes.
>
> I am ambivalent to this proposal.  Moving forward is good, but I have
> no feeling as to what version of glib we should move to, or whether it
> needs to be changed for 2.7.0.
>
> I suggest that you also request at least advisory input from packagers at .

I'm in favor of requiring newer glib and gtk.  GTK+ 2.10.0 and Glib
2.12.0 sound good to me.  I agree with Ethan that it's a good idea to
ask packagers@ how they feel about it.

-Mark