Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2/gtk3 use flags

[Ben de Groot]

On 17 August 2013 01:12, Michael Weber <xmw@g.o> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> gtk is a global use flag [1], gtk2 and gtk3 are used in metadata.xml [2].
>
> Is there a consensus how to use these flags if an app provides gtk2
> and gtk3 gui in parallel or exclusive?
>
> Michael
>
> [1] /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc
> gtk - Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
>
>
> [2] egrep "gtk(2|3)" /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc
> app-admin/gtkdiskfree:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
> app-editors/emacs:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP Toolkit
> instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
> app-editors/emacs-vcs:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP
> Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
> app-i18n/fcitx:gtk3 - Install GTK3 IM module
> app-i18n/fcitx-configtool:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
> app-i18n/ibus:gtk3 - Enable support for gtk+3
> app-i18n/ibus-anthy:deprecated - Install deprecated pygtk2 library
> app-i18n/ibus-unikey:gtk3 - Enable support for gtk+3
> app-i18n/imsettings:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
> app-i18n/scim:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
> app-i18n/uim:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
> app-office/libreoffice:gtk3 - Enable highly experimental gtk3 frontend
> dev-java/icedtea-web:gtk2 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:2 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:3
> dev-java/icedtea-web:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 (default)
> dev-python/matplotlib:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
> x11-libs/gtk+:2
> lxde-base/lxdm:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
> mail-client/claws-mail:gtk3 - Build support for GTK+3
> media-libs/libcanberra:gtk3 - Enables building of gtk+3 helper
> library, gtk+3 runtime sound effects and the canberra-gtk-play
> utility. To enable the gtk+3 sound effects add canberra-gtk-module to
> the colon separated list of modules in the GTK_MODULES environment
> variable.
> media-plugins/audacious-plugins:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the
> GIMP Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
> media-sound/audacious:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP
> Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
> media-sound/jalv:gtk2 - Adds support for GTK+2 in addition to GTK+3
> controlled by the gtk useflag.
> media-sound/mp3splt-gtk:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
> x11-libs/gtk+:2
> net-analyzer/wireshark:gtk2 - Build the wireshark executable with a
> GTK+ UI version 2.
> net-analyzer/wireshark:gtk3 - Build the wireshark executable with a
> GTK+ UI version 3.
> net-dns/avahi:gtk3 - Build the avahi-ui-gtk3 library, and use gtk3 for
> the avahi utilities under USE=utils
> net-libs/gtk-vnc:gtk3 - Build the gtk3 gtk-vnc library and other gtk3
> assets
> net-misc/spice-gtk:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
> x11-libs/gtk+:2
> net-p2p/eiskaltdcpp:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
> www-client/dwb:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
> x11-libs/gtk+:2
> www-client/uget:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
> www-client/uzbl:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
> x11-themes/light-themes:gtk3 - Support GTK 3.x, too
> x11-wm/fvwm:gtk2-perl - Enable GTK2 Perl bindings
> --
> Michael Weber
> Gentoo Developer
> web: https://xmw.de/
> mailto: Michael Weber <xmw@g.o>
>

As mentioned on IRC, there's this:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gnome_Team_Policies#gtk3

-- 
Cheers,

Ben | yngwin
Gentoo developer