Re: [oe-core][PATCH] glib-2.0: update 2.84.4 -> 2.86.0

[Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>]

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That's just my own ambition ;) But as far as I'm concerned, it's no 
problem if the update has to stay. Things will become clear in time.

On Thu, Sep 11 2025 at 18:00:43 +02:00:00, Alexander Kanavin via 
lists.openembedded.org <alex.kanavin=gmail.com@lists.openembedded.org> 
wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sept 2025 at 12:52, Markus Volk via lists.openembedded.org
> <f_l_k=t-online.de@lists.openembedded.org 
> <mailto:f_l_k=t-online.de@lists.openembedded.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>  After briefly testing the upcoming gnome environment, I believe 
>> that this update should be postponed until the next release. Support 
>> for girepository-1 has been completely removed from the gnome 
>> environment, which does not bode well for backward compatibility. 
>> gnome-shell 48 is broken with glib-2.86 at runtime, and updating to 
>> gnome-shell 49 requires an update to mutter, which in turn adds 
>> glycin2 as a hard dependency. Despite several tests, I have not yet 
>> been able to compile it. I am having problems with a 'rust error: 
>> Linker ā€œccā€ not found' and a problem that, despite crates.inc, 
>> the network must still be active during do_compile. In addition, 
>> gnome-shell 49 requires a gjs update that requires mozjs140. I 
>> performed this update and it works... but it is also not compatible 
>> with gnome-shell 48. Finally, gnome-control-center also introduces a 
>> new cross-compile issue that I have not yet investigated.
>> 
>>  Long story short... there is still a lot to do and free time is 
>> unfortunately scarce at the moment.
> 
> Sadly this glib update has already landed in master. It would be
> really really unfortunate to have to revert it, so can we identify
> what is specifically broken with current gnome shell 48 and see if it
> can be fixed?
> 
> I want to also remind you that you do not owe anyone a working
> gnome-shell. It's open source; if someone needs it working, they
> should be helping you, and not just take your efforts for granted.
> 
> Alex
> 
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