Re: Gtk+ Version compatibilty?

[Daniel Pekelharing <legendstar gmail com>]

On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 13:55 -0600, Matt Hull wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Daniel Pekelharing wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 19:49 +0100, Maciej Piechotka wrote:
> > > 2005/12/19, Matt Hull <mhull1 uic edu>:
> > > > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Daniel Pekelharing wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 15:29 +0100, David Necas (Yeti) wrote:
> > > > > > I'd recommend to simply compile and *test* the app
> > > > > > successively with Gtk+ 2.4, 2.2, 2.0 till it stops to
> > > > > > build/work.  Although all 2.x versions are essentially
> > > > > > backward compatible, there were various subtle behavioural
> > > > > > changes that may prove critical just for your app and
> > > > > > something can behave oddly even if it builds.  No
> > > > > > compatibility list will tell you that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you do not care so much, requiring 2.6.0 should be a safe
> > > > > > bet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the info!
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess I'll just go with requiring 2.6.0,
> > > > > seeing as the only older versions I have are in rpm packages,
> > > > > I don't think it would be easy to install them next to my current
> > > > > version...
> > > > guessing doenst seem to be the right way on that.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe to find the lowest version you (Daniel Pekelharing) should see a
> > > Changelog and/or index of desparected symbols.
> > >
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/ix03.html
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/ix04.html
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/ix05.html
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/ix06.html
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/ix07.html
> > >
> > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/ChangeLog.pre-2-0?rev=1.3254&view=markup
> > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/ChangeLog.pre-2-2?rev=1.4000&view=markup
> > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/ChangeLog.pre-2-4?rev=1.5367&view=markup
> > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/ChangeLog.pre-2-6?rev=1.6286&view=markup
> > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/ChangeLog.pre-2-8?rev=1.7010&view=markup
> > >
> > > Regards
> >
> > Thanks, I'll check those out..
> >
> > I don't think I need to be _that_ accurate though, when I actually make
> > the first release the app in question will still be "pre-alpha", I guess
> > it'll have a lot of other (bigger) problems.. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> 
> is this for an rpm ?  or tar ball ?

tar ball... (I don't even have a clue about building rpm's)

uhm, does it actually make much difference?

- Daniel