Gerald Combs wrote:
> John McDermott wrote:
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>> I agree with the idea GTK2. My question is this: I already have three copies of the GTK2 libraries for various programs. Will I need yet another copy or will we be able to share?
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> The plan is to ship with GTK2, as we currently do with GTK1. I suppose we could use an external GTK2 package instead, such as the one Dropline Systems puts out (http://www.dropline.net/gtk/). This might complicate things a bit, since some people might prefer an all-in-one installer.
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I prefer an "all-in-one" package.
BTW: why do you want to have "combined libs" for various programs, as today's harddisk's are so cheap and a DLL version conflict is a really ugly thing to have. Believe me, I had that problem together with the Gimp, installed a new Gimp version and my Ethereal development build wasn't working any longer.
To summarize:
The modern UI installer seems to be widely accepted.
The GTK1 / 2 question:
a) seperate GTK1 and GTK2 installers
b) combined installer for GTK 1 and 2
c) ditch GTK1 completely
I don't want c) at the moment, as this will hinder people from doing the "backstep" using GTK1, if some real problem occurs in the wild. We might want to do this step in the next release, if we don't hear from any problems of our user's.
I don't see any real difference in a) and b). I tend to like b) as this will make handling a bit easier, and file size isn't a problem for me personally (although some people say that size *does* matter ;-)
Anyway if a) or b), we might want to declare the GTK2 port as default (as it seems to be really ok now), to encourage users to really try it.
Regards, ULFL
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