[Ian Schorr <ischorr3@xxxxxxx>]

I don't believe these things are true anymore.  I've been using GTK+2 on Windows ever since Guy's CList cleanup code (which resolved most of the performance probs with GTK+2, and why the question is coming up now), and have noticed almost zero performance difference.  The advantages have definitely outweighed the disadvantages, at least for me.

I'm not sure I've ever seen the spacing issue - definitely not something I've noticed if it's there, perhaps it's gone?

On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 01:40AM, Ronnie Sahlberg <ronnie_sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I compile ethereal myself for both myself and colleagues in my organization
>so whether Gtk1 or 2 is used is by the precompiled distribution not very
>important to me,
>
>however, there are two main reaons I dont use Gtk2 myself or why some of my
>colleagues do no like it:
>1, Gtk2 is much slower than Gtk1. Or at least used to be. Have not found any
>need to retest it recently but it might have changed.
>I often work with 500MByte+ captures and even 10% performance difference is
>noticeable.
>2, Gtk2 seems to have MUCH huger spacing between the lines, especially in
>the dissect pane. This adds up to a LOT of lost real estate on the screen.
>Can the spacing between the lines in the dissect pane be reduced?
>
>
>Mit freundliche Grussen
>    ronnie sahlberg
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ulf Lamping"
>Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 7:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Next release
>
>
>> Gerald Combs wrote:
>>
>> > John McDermott wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> 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?
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> 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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