Re: Steps to get to GTK+ 3.0

[Mikael Hallendal <micke imendio com>]

Hi,

4 jun 2008 kl. 15.11 skrev Morten Welinder:

> > (things that developers of client code
> > have been wanting for years, such as the removal of deprecated code  
> > or
> > the mangling of fields),
>
> As an application developer I can assure you that we as a group are
> not actively looking for ways to break our applications.  If the urge
> should arise then we can simply sort the contents of our source files
> or randomly flip bits.  In other words, you need not waste precious
> GTK+ resources on the problem.
>
> Jokes aside, try not to be cool for the sake of being cool.  It was  
> painful
> to migrate from GTK+ 1.x to GTK+ 2.x.  Many applications didn't make
> it for years.

I take it that the original quote was ironic since removing deprecated  
code or mangling fields are not done to please the users of GTK+ but  
are necessary steps to continue developing GTK+.

No one is suggesting breaking GTK+ for the benefit of application  
developers. This is also the reason we aim to make the transition from  
2.x to 3.x as pain free as humanly possible (everyone is well aware of  
the pain involved in the transition from 1.x to 2x).

Cheers,
  Micke

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