Re: Preparing for Gtk+ version 4

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2017.01.19 20:16, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Jack:
>
> On 01/19/2017 07:44:48 PM Thu, Jack wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > On 2017.01.19 19:04, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > > On 01/19/2017 01:53:34 PM Thu, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> > > > Am 19.01.17 00:52 schrieb(en) Peter Bloomfield:
> > > > > We have only recently rationalized Balsa's git structure for Gtk+  
> > > > > version 3, and version 4 is already in development. Trying to  
> > > > > build Balsa in jhbuild against Gtk+ master shows that the API,  
> > > > > still unstable, has changed materially. We need a strategy to  
> > > > > take advantage of the new version, while continuing to support  
> > > > > building with the stable version 3.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, there are still distos (e.g. Debian and Ubuntu)  
> > > > shipping with 2.4.*.
> > Gentoo still ships 1.2.10 (but masked as depracated), various 2.24.x  
> > versions, and 3.1x and 3.2x.  I don't know the plans for 4, and a  
> > quick search of the web site doesn't show me anything.
> >
> > > > Did anyone point their package maintainers to Balsa 2.5?  I  
> > > > mentioned this earlier [1] on this list, but never got a reply...
> > Gentoo currently ships 2.5.2.  I have submitted a version bump  
> > request (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602404) for 2.5.3,  
> > but there is a question about a reference for the gpgme changes not  
> > needing gpgmepp if gpgme is 1.8.
>
> I don't understand why the gpgme version issue should be a roadblock  
> to shipping Balsa 2.5.3--it shouldn't impact any other products.  
> Perhaps there's a conflict with some Balsa-specific Gentoo patches?
It's not the gpgme version, it's the patch to use gpgme 1.8 without  
needing gpgmepp.  If I can't make that case in a reasonably short time,  
I'll just pull my request to add the patch, which just means that balsa  
will still also require gpgmepp (or is it gpgme++?  I get so confused  
on those details :-) ).
> Anyway, thanks for your efforts with them!
>
> Peter
Jack