Deprecating xfce_setenv()/xfce_putenv() [WAS:  [Xfce-i18n]: new	subdirectory in orage]
    Olivier Fourdan 
    fourdan at xfce.org
       
    Sun Apr 30 15:00:42 CEST 2006
    
    
  
Benedikt Meurer wrote:
>> I think this should be deprecated in favor of 
>> g_getenv()/g_setenv()/g_unsetenv() which are in glib since 2.4.
>>
>> we now require gtk+/glib 2.6 as a minimum, so xfce_putenv() is superfluous.
> 
> Last time I checked g_setenv() still leaked memory on some platforms,
> that's why xfce_setenv()/xfce_putenv() is not deprecated.
Well, I'm still in favor of deprecating xfce_setenv()/xfce_putenv() and 
file a bug to the glib developers if the code in glib is buggy.
I don't think we should just maintain duplicated functionalities for all 
buggy parts of glib/gtk+...
Cheers,
Olivier.
    
    
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