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On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 10:40 +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> On 20/02/14 09:44, Steev Klimaszewski wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 07:55 +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> >> On 20/02/14 00:23, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>> Following up to today's QA meeting: The gtk3 USE flag is used by |
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> >>> 27 packages, so I suggest making it a global flag: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> gtk3 - Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit) version 3 |
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> >>> Ulrich |
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> >> that would suggest it's fine to use, and is anything but temporary |
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> >> |
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> >> -1 from here |
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> >> |
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> > MATE desktop (which I hope to bring in to Portage soon) can be built |
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> > against gtk+ 2 or gtk+ 3, and upstream supports doing both, so +1 from |
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> > me. Just because gtk+ 3 is the latest, does not mean it's the greatest, |
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> > and I really wish people would realize that newest != bestest. |
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> > |
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> Then you pick whatever is best supported for MATE, and ship it using that. |
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> Later when they have completed their support for GTK+-3, and it's the |
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> best supported, you ship that. It's not rocket science. |
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OR, since I'm the maintainer, I decide that I'm willing to deal with |
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both, instead of you telling me that I need to pick one or the other. |
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Upstream says both are supported and viable, and I'm willing to deal |
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with the headaches. Just because you're unwilling doesn't mean others |
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aren't. kthx. |
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