Hi Matthias! Please quote only what's relevant, thanks. On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:33:01 +0200, Matthias Schneider wrote: >> Since now the GTK+ Project provides Windows binaries [2] (unfortunately >> not yet as an installer), wouldn't be better to depend on those binaries >> instead? Or, since an installer is required, spreading the "GTK+ for >> Windows Runtime Environment" [3]. > we are not actually building our GTK binaries, but taking them from > > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+ Thanks for the explanation: you're then using the libraries provided by the GTK+ project :-D > The "providing our own libraries" refers to no longer relying on a 3rd party > installer. Instead, we now uncompress all GTK dlls and dependencies into > the ekiga directory. The reasons for no longer using the installer are the > many problems experiencied. Maybe it's because I come from Debian where embedded libraries are evil, but I really think that you (i.e. the Ekiga project) should speak with other GTK+ projects and find an unique GTK+ Runtime Installer, then stick with it. Just my 0.02EUR, now I can hide... Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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