Re: Fwd: gtk+ API change; who should fix it? (A.k.a. Why isn't GNOME 2.19.4 released yet?)

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Murray Cumming wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 10:46 +0200, Tim Janik wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Murray Cumming wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 10:27 +0200, Tim Janik wrote:
> >
> > > > b) GtkTooltips is going to be deprecated in 2.12 anyways, so there
> > > >     is little use in continuing to use it anyway.
> > > > c) note that the actual compilation changes could easily be ironed out
> > > >     by Gtk+ by doing s/_tips_data_list/tips_data_list/ but was introduced
> > > >     deliberately, to catch remaining tips_data_list uses in third-party
> > > >     code which should be removed now, since tips_data_list became a
> > > >     mere alias for NULL for future Gtk+ versions.
> > >
> > > When was GtkTooltips::tips_data_list deprecated, if it was every public
> > > API?
> >
> > reppeating what i wrote above, GtkTooltips will be deprecated in 2.12
> > in favour of GtkTooltip.
>
> So, this is deprecation with a break. Breaking normally follows
> deprecation after a delay. Deprecation with a break is just a break.

every change is a "break" in some sense. the question is whether the
change actually affect applications badly or not (not what name is given
to it). so far, no case has been made for tips_data_list=NULL badly
affecting applications or LBs, i'm still waiting.

> Murray Cumming

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