Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] [WIN32] ekiga and GTK 3

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 19/03/13 15:33, Thierry Simonnet wrote:
> Le 19/03/2013 15:18, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> >  On 19/03/13 14:58, Thierry Simonnet wrote:
> > > > >   Ekiga_setup gas a big size with GTK_Bundle : 40M
> > > >
> > > >   I think to use gtk's own libraries, not a bundle anymore.  It takes less space
> > > >   and does not interfere with other software on the machine.
> > >  It will be a lot of work without a lot of added value.
> > >  On Windows platform it is a huge potential problem source. I had some bad
> > >  experiment with zlib. On a PC I saw 12 different version and it is a hard work
> > >  to keep everything working. Using a bundle provide the same version for gimp,
> > >  ekiga.... Especially GTK
> >
> >  The pros for using a local gtk are:
> >  - I noticed also problems with some users where zlib found was too old and
> >  ekiga did not start for them.
> >  - a bundle of 40M is too big, we cannot tell user to download 60 MB for ekiga
> >  installer
> 40MB is for the whole package :
> GTK runtime : 17.2MB
> GTK bundle : 27.2MB
>
> Usage of package avoids maintaining version. Compiling GTK with mingw is not so easy

I did not mean to compile gtk, but to use the dll provided by gtk itself 
instead of a bundle.

> >  The pros for having a global gtk is:
> >  - security, updating the zlib library will benefit all applications using it
> >
> >  However, in Windows world each program comes with its own libraries, as far as
> >  I know, so I prefer a local gtk.


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Eugen