From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Oct 03 15:48:41 2017 Received: (at 28653) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2017 19:48:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46820 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTBF-00073Z-8L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:48:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54265) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTBC-00073L-Qc for 28653@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:48:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTB5-0002er-Oz for 28653@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:48:29 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40086) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTB5-0002ek-Kw; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:48:27 -0400 Received: from vpn-0-27.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474:4:27::]:54960 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTB5-0003sv-0I; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:48:27 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Mohammed Sadiq Subject: Re: [bug#28653] [PATCH] gnu: gnome-calendar: Update to 3.26.1. References: <464272261.8694.1506747922063@webmail.mailhostbox.com> <87tvzg5pnv.fsf@gnu.org> <1713483021.66915.1507039102075@webmail.mailhostbox.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 12 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:48:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1713483021.66915.1507039102075@webmail.mailhostbox.com> (Mohammed Sadiq's message of "Tue, 3 Oct 2017 19:28:21 +0530 (IST)") Message-ID: <87shf0au7r.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 28653 Cc: 28653@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) Mohammed Sadiq skribis: >> On October 3, 2017 at 6:55 PM Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Is it OK to have a mixture of GNOME 3.24 and 3.26 applications? (I >> thought all GNOME apps/libraries had to be updated in lockstep.) >>=20 > > As long as the newly introduced APIs are not used, it is okay. > And the minimum required version should be specified in configure.ac > or meson.build. > > So if it builds with an older library, it should also work fine. > If it doesn't work right, it is an upstream bug. The minimum required > dependency version should be updated upstream. OK, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining! Ludo=E2=80=99.