13 Jan
2014
13 Jan
'14
8:16 p.m.
Going through build scripts for dependency/helper
application
like xmedcon, I
was building them against gtk2 last year for both tde13 and R14.
Do we have any
'tde' standard we are trying to enforce for minimizing the
dependencies for a
complete tde install?
What I mean is that if someone goes to install tde-full with all
helper apps,
do we want and try to say all apps with a gtk requirement should
be built
against gtk3 instead of gtk2? I for one prefer gtk2, but I can
see the logic in
standardizing around a version to minimize dependencies (and to
prevent build
failures when gtk2 is dropped)
Has anyone given this any thought? I don't like the prospect of
having to
recode older apps against a new gtk, but it is doable. The number
of apps this
will apply to is minimal.
What is a "helper app"?
Apps like xmedcon are outside the scope of Trinity. Distro
packagers and maintainers ensure the dependencies are satisfied.
Darrell
13 Jan
13 Jan
11:59 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] GTK dependency standard for helper packages/apps?
On 01/13/2014 02:16 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
What is a "helper app"?
Apps like xmedcon are outside the scope of Trinity. Distro
packagers and maintainers ensure the dependencies are satisfied.
Darrell
Well, I'm getting old I guess,
tde-libksquirrel has xmedcon as an optional dependency that provides medical
image handling and conversion. (CT, MRI, PET, etc..) I always build it because I
use the functionality. My question was for these type of applications is whether
there is any preference whether they are built against GTK2 or GTK3 if we have a
choice.
The reason it matters to me is that if some apps are built with a gtk2
dependency, you pull in gtk2 as a build dependency, if against gtk3, then you
pull in gtk3. (that looks like it will happen for the foreseeable future
anyway). I didn't know if there had been any discussion about trying to minimize
build dependencies such that if an option existed to use either gtk2 or 3, if
there was a preference for one or the other.
Smacks self -- there I go thinking someone else will actually be building tde
on arch except me -- never mind...
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