Xfce 4.14: Gtk+3 target version

[Simon Steinbeiss]

Hi,

I have also suggested this before and consequently second the request.

Cheers
Simon

Igor Zakharov <f2404 at yandex.ru> schrieb am Di., 12. Dez. 2017, 15:33:

> Hi,
>
> I agree with the suggestion to bump the minimum GTK version to 3.22.
> I think there's simply no sense in targeting 3.20 having 3.22 available.
>
> Regards,
> Igor
>
> > I resurrect this old thread by asking to bump the minimum target version
> > of Gtk+3 for Xfce 4.14 release to Gtk *3.22*
> > Every major "LTS" distributions I checked already use gtk 3.22 (debian
> > stretch, rhel 7.4, *BSD) and I think no xfce developper use 3.20 anymore
> > so sometimes the 3.20 build fail and we don't notice it anymore…
> > If you really want to keep 3.20, please advise :)
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > On 09/19/2016 09:59 AM, Simon Steinbeiss wrote:
> >>  Eduard Roccatello <eduard at xfce.org <mailto:eduard at xfce.org>> schrieb
> >>  am Mo., 19. Sep. 2016, 09:54:
> >>
> >>      Il 16/09/16 20:26, flo.xfce at gmx-topmail.de
> >>      <mailto:flo.xfce at gmx-topmail.de> ha scritto:
> >>      > I haven't followed Gtk development lately, but you said you
> >>      talked to
> >>      > the Gtk devs: Does 3.22 bring any new breakage or new useful
> >>      features?
> >>      > In [1] it is said that 3.22 is the last in the 3-series, so we
> will
> >>      > stick to it for probably a long time. Wouldn't it be wise to
> >>      just bump
> >>      > the minimum version to 3.22 instead? It will still take some
> >>      time until
> >>      > Xfce's Gtk3 port is finished and 3.22 will be released by then.
> >>      > If distros don't package Gtk 3.22 they won't package Xfce 4.14
> >>      either I
> >>      > guess. And as Landry has pointed out, even Debian has 3.21 in
> >>      testing
> >>      > already.
> >>      >
> >>      > [1]
> >>      >
> >>
> https://blog.gtk.org/2016/09/01/versioning-and-long-term-stability-promise-in-gtk/
> >>      >
> >>      I think it would be a wise choice :)
> >>
> >>      er
> >>
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> >>  Just a brief reply as I'm on the go: yeah, we bumped it to 3.20, we
> >>  might bump it further if we see fit. As you correctly said there's
> >>  still time until 4.14 so also time to reconsider.
> >>
> >>  The important part of my previous message was about the support of
> >>  <=3.18 which we decided to drop for core components.
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