[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/network-manager: bump to version 1.33.1

[Alexander Dahl]

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:15:03PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:10:25 -0600
> James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > +NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.33
> 
> Isn't 1.33 a development branch/release ?
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager is not very clear when
> it says "Major NetworkManager releases are numbered 1.y.0, with y being
> an even number. For example, 1.0.0, 1.2.0, ..., 1.18.0. Minor stable
> releases are numbered 1.y.z, with y and z being even numbers. For
> example 1.4.2, 1.18.2.".

To my knowledge, you are right. NetworkManager and ModemManager use
that scheme. If you want to bump version, I would recommend 1.32.x or
1.34.x.

> However, the NEWS file at
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/main/NEWS
> says:
> 
> =============================================
> NetworkManager-1.34
> Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.32
> =============================================
> 
> This is a snapshot of NetworkManager development. The API is
> subject to change and not guaranteed to be compatible with
> the later release.
> USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
> 
> So they don't even mention 1.33.
> 
> Another point: as we're updating from 1.22 to 1.32 (potentially), is
> just a simple bump sufficient? Aren't there new options/features that
> should be taken into account ?

Would not hurt to check that.

Greets
Alex

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