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On 10 March 2015 at 17:37, John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> wrote:

> Our qtest suite relies on many functions available only in glib 2.16+.
> Even though our base QEMU binary may only require 2.12+, it is confusing
> to have two separate version requirements.
>
> Thus, this is an attempt to re-establish a sane baseline for the entire
> project at 2.16+.
>


Why 2.16 rather than the 2.22 that we seem to have converged
on in discussions on-list?

-- PMM

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On 10 March 2015 at 17:37, John Snow <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:jsnow@redhat.com" target=3D"_blank">jsnow@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span> w=
rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde=
r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Our qtest suite relies on many func=
tions available only in glib 2.16+.<br>
Even though our base QEMU binary may only require 2.12+, it is confusing<br=
>
to have two separate version requirements.<br>
<br>
Thus, this is an attempt to re-establish a sane baseline for the entire<br>
project at 2.16+.<br></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>Why 2.16 rather t=
han the 2.22 that we seem to have converged<br></div><div>on in discussions=
 on-list?<br><br></div><div>-- PMM<br><br></div></div></div></div>

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