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Ühel kenal päeval, L, 29.05.2021 kell 16:28, kirjutas Jack: |
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> I just noticed that the package x11-libs/gtk+ has slots 2 and 3 |
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> (nothing new there) however, it seems that version 4 has a totally |
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> new package gui-libs/gtk with only slot 0 (no explicit slot listed) |
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> with currently ~4.2.0 and 4.2.1 versions available. |
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They are in SLOT="4" |
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> I've done a quick |
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> search through the announce and dev mailing lists, and not found |
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> anything relevant. Is this an intentional switch? I don't think |
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> there |
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> is much yet that uses version 4, but is there any planned migration |
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> path? |
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Yes, this is an intentional plan from me, executed by others that had |
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the time available for it. There were IRC talks and probably some |
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comments on the relevant bugs. |
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* I consider it too disruptive to package move everything from x11- |
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libs/gtk+ to gui-libs/gtk, everyone would need to adapt to it in |
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overlays, etc |
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* SLOTs are really nothing more than keeping parallel-installable |
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packages under the same name, instead of having separate packages like |
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libgtk2, libgtk3, etc |
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* New parallel-installable version was a good time to make the switch, |
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with the old slots left behind in x11-libs until they naturally fall |
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out of use |
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* It is increasingly less used with X11, and is still in x11-libs due |
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to the disruption it would cause to move the existing SLOTs (however |
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gtk2 is really X11-only) |
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* Upstream renamed the project from GTK+ to GTK in the gtk4 development |
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phase |
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* Separate packages are just as well parallel-installable as separate |
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SLOTs |
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So given the above, it felt best to just have the new SLOT under new |
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package name and not force everyone to do busywork to rename things for |
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the old slots. |
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Maybe we can move them over in a couple years without extensive overlay |
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breakages, when most things are using GTK4, GTK2 has been last rited |
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and removed and GTK3 is in a similar state of usage like GTK2 is today, |
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or just leave it be and have it eventually disappear. |
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Mart |
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