On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:03:38 +1000 tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > You might know that I always try to release code that avoids > deprecated elements of the latest non-development releases of glib > and gtk/gdk. As gtk3 progresses, this policy is becoming increasingly > problematic, and as from 3.6, practically impossible. Sooner or later > (gtk4?), the deprecated elements will go completely, and we're stuck. > > What to do? > > * Ignore the problem, and assume gtk3 (or gtk2) will always be > around ? > * Pressure gtk devs to fix at least some of their issues ? > * Encourage some team to 'do a cinnamon' on gtk3 ? > * Dumb-down emelFM2 so that it can cope with gtk4 ? > * Port emelFM2 to some other suitable library ? > * Something else ? pcmanfm already has a Qt port and in the near feature it, as well as lxde, Will switched to Qt. They have set-up a wiki page detailing some of the issues migrating from GTK+ to Qt http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Migrate_from_GTK%2B_to_Qt Charles -- Murder is always a mistake -- one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner. -- Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" ---------------------- Mageia release 4 (Cauldron) for x86_64$ On SuperSize....http://www.eslrahc.com Registered Linux user #182463 3.11.2-server-1.mga4 x86_64 ----------------------
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