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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it?
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:22:17
Message-Id: iv2qjv$8fo$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo wiping out Gtk 2 support from packages that support it? by Dale
1 On 07/07/2011 02:06 AM, Dale wrote:
2 > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 >>
4 >> and/or take the whole mess to -dev...
5 >>
6 >> I couldn't care less about gtk stuff - but forcing gtk3 just because -
7 >> and
8 >> that on a package where gtk3 is the worse choice... not a smart move.
9 >>
10 >
11 > This sounds like the move KDE made with KDE4. I have some gtk stuff on
12 > here but I'm not sure how much I actually use it. The new version may be
13 > good one day but if it is not ready yet, why not wait until it is?
14
15 This is not about Gnome though. It's about Gtk. And portage never
16 removed older versions, unlike Qt. Try:
17
18 eix -e gtk+
19
20 Hell, there's still version 1.2.10 lurking in there! What are the
21 chances there would be a Qt 1.x in portage?

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