GTK+ and GLib versions for Xfce 4.8

Jannis Pohlmann jannis at xfce.org
Wed Dec 17 14:08:47 CET 2008


Am Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:51:13 -0600
schrieb Robby Workman <rw at rlworkman.net>:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:17:42 +0100
> Jannis Pohlmann <jannis at xfce.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hey guys,
> > 
> > even though we're still busy with Xfce 4.6 I'd like to start a
> > discussion about which version of GTK+ and GLib we want to use for
> > Xfce 4.8. Personall, I'd love to have GTK+ 2.14 and GLib 2.16 at
> > least. GLib 2.16 gives us GIO, which is a must IMHO. GTK+ 2.14 gives
> > us GdkAppLaunchContext which is a nice for opening files/URIs with
> > their default application.
> 
> 
> Funny you bring this up now; I was just working on gtk+ 2.14.x in
> anticipation of our next devel cycle.  It seems that it requires glib
> 2.17.something+, so in a "stable" context, I believe that means
> 2.18.x.

True. I hadn't looked at which version of GLib is required for GTK+
2.14. It is 2.18 indeed. My suggestion is thus: GTK+ 2.14, GLib 2.18.

  - Jannis
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