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From: Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2/gtk3 use flags
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:07:16
Message-Id: 1377068822.1079.11.camel@kanae
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2/gtk3 use flags by Ben de Groot
1 Le mercredi 21 août 2013 à 12:15 +0800, Ben de Groot a écrit :
2 > On 21 August 2013 07:36, Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o> wrote:
3 > > Le mardi 20 août 2013 à 17:31 +0400, Sergey Popov a écrit :
4 > >> 16.08.2013 21:15, hasufell пишет:
5 > >> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420493
6 > >> >
7 > >> > gtk2 and gtk3 useflags are discouraged and should only be used in
8 > >> > special cases
9 > >> >
10 > >> > file a bug for those if there is not one already
11 > >>
12 > >> What's about maintainer wish to support both of toolkits? I have dropped
13 > >> GTK2 support in gtkdiskfree[1], but it seems that proxied maintainer
14 > >> will quit if i keep things that way :-/
15 > >
16 > > The upstream maintainer is free to support both toolkits if he wishes to
17 > > do so, but we strongly recommend to only select one slot for
18 > > applications in gentoo tree, the one which works best for the
19 > > application.
20 > >
21 > > --
22 > > Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
23 > > Gentoo
24 >
25 > When upstream supports both, and the maintainer wishes to do so as
26 > well, I would strongly recommend to support both, so that end-users
27 > can make their own choices. Some may wish to use the applications in a
28 > light-weight gtk2-only environment such as LXDE. As long as gtk+:2 is
29 > supported in the tree, I don't see why we should artificially restrict
30 > such choices for our users.
31
32 The reasons are enumerated on the wiki and are just a summary of the
33 older thread where this was discussed.
34
35 Of course, since there is no body to impose such rules, you are free to
36 go against gnome team self imposed policy and recommendation.
37
38 --
39 Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
40 Gentoo