Re: [directfb-dev] gtk+ does not compile against DirectFB < 1.2.0, shall the minimum DirectFB requirements be rised accordingly?

[Attilio Fiandrotti <attilio fiandrotti gmail com>]

[CC'ing also debian-boot list, since the Debian installer is one of the 
major GTK-DirectFB consumers and they may be interested in this thread.]

Denis Oliver Kropp ha scritto:
> Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > The minimum DirectFB requirement to build gtk+ with the DirectFB 
> > backend is currently 0.9.24
> >
> > DIRECTFB_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.9.24
> >
> > However, i noticed that some DirectFB structures and macro used in 
> > gdk/directfb/gdktestutils-directfb.c are provided only starting from 
> > DirectFB >= 1.2.0.
> > This inconsistency (toghether with other issues i am trying to address 
> > now) prevent building gtk+ with the DirectFB backend.
> >
> > How should we deal with this situation ? Shall the gtk+ code which 
> > requires DirectFB >=1.2.0 be removed from gtk+ or shall the minimum 
> > DirectFB requirements br rised to 1.2.0 ?
>
> The requirement should be 1.0.0, but with checks where required to utilize
> new features. I'd raise the required version to 1.2.0 not before one year
> after its release :)

Ok, so i guess that for now this specific issue could be workarounded by 
means of a check on DIRECTFB_MAJOR_VERSION and DIRECTFB_MINOR_VERSION in 
gdktestutils-directfb.c.
I also guess that the minimum DirectFB requirements could be raised to 
1.0.0, since DirectFB version 1.0.1-11 is in Debian unstable (d-i folks, 
what's your opinion on this point ?)

> BTW, any volunteers found to forward port my giant gtk+ 2.12.9 patch?

Is the patch available somewhere ? How can one get it ?

kinds regards

Attilio