Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2 use flag must die

[Jakub Moc]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sunday 02 April 2006 14:22, Olivier Crête wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-02-04 at 13:08 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On Sunday 02 April 2006 12:05, Jakub Moc wrote:
>>>> This is a (not-so happy) reminder that the agony of gtk2 use flag will
>>>> have been lasting for half a year soon. It *really* needs to die.
>>> too bad it doesnt address packages which still legitimately utilize
>>> gtk/gtk2
>> Is there a legitimate reason to use gtk1 if the gtk2 support is useable?
>
> nothing personal, but who are you to say whether it's legit ?

Oh please... no flames :/

if a package
> provides the interfaces and users like to use them, where's the bug ?  ive
> seen peeps from time to time who bring the hate on gtk2 because of its
> fattiness compared to gtk1 ... they like to build packages that still can be
> against gtk1
> -mike
>

Except that you won't get any support whatsoever for gtk-1 upstream, and
except that it's been agreed upon quite some time ago that gtk vs. gtk2
use flags is a bad way to select between gtk-1/gtk-2/no gtk at all and
confuses users, except that... oh well, been discussed so many times,
not going to beat a dead horse.

Please, remove the gtk2 flag from ebuilds you maintain. Thanks.

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jakub