gnome_vfs and friends are from the 'unstable' branch

On Sep 2, 2006, at 23:44, Tabitha McNerney wrote:
> gnome-vfs is broken (but I'm testing and providing feedback to  
> Randall on
> this score) ... a lot of the Gnome Desktop ports are dependent on  
> gnome-vfs

I noted a recent email indicating that gnome_vfs is broken, but  
without details as to how/why.

Last night I sent a message about my problems installing libgnomeui,  
which is in the library dependency tree for gnucash. It wouldn't  
surprise me if these problems are related.

Also, I did some reading on the gnome web site and discovered that  
their odd-numbered releases are 'unstable development series intended  
for testing and hacking purposes'.

Is it wise or typical for macports to follow the unstable branch of a  
project like gnome with lots of ports depending on it?

Personally, I am more interested in the stable branch.

Thanks,

Frank McPherson