Everyone ready for wxGTK 2.6? [was Re: The future of wxGTK in Extras]

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 18:00 +0100 schrieb Aurelien Bompard:
> Christoph Wickert wrote:
> > What I wonder after reading this is: If GTK1.2 support will be dropped,
> > what is supposed to happen to packages depending on the GKT1.2 part of
> > wxGTK like amule (from livna)?
> 
> I maintain amule in livna. Amule can be compiled with the GTK2 version of
> wxGTK, but upstream warns that it is less tested and that it eats much more
> memory.
> So there is still a way to have amule work even if GTK1.2 support is
> discontinued. Are there packages strictly dependent on wxGTK/GTK1.2 ?

They are not strictly dependent of (wx)GTK1.2, I rebuild your package
against wxGTK2 once, ignoring the warnings for I wanted a bright and
shiny amule. The result was disappointing, in fact, not usable at all
for me.

> 
> Aurélien

Christoph