[Gtk-sharp-list] gtk-sharp 2.6.0 status for distributions

[heat sink]

Miguel,

>We are encouraging distributions to stick to Gtk# 2.4.xx and to not ship
>Gtk# 2.6, for a number of reasons:
>
>	* It increases the likelyhood of applications will run on older
>	  distributions.
>
>	* 2.6 is a relatively shortly-lived interface (2.4 to 2.8 is
>	  a fairly small window).
>
>	* We will support a 2.8-based release relatively soon, so
>	  maintaining  2.4, 2.6 and 2.8 is too much for us deal with.
>
I know this is a touchy subject, but is there a more specific time
frame other than "relatively short-lived / soon"?
>
>
>	* We will not likely do bug fix releases of 2.6.xx.

Thanks,
Nick Granado