Re: gnome-libs 2.0 API

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Bob,

On 26 Jun 2001, Bob Smith wrote:
> Shouldnt the Dock widget be moved into GTK 2.0? Then you dont have the 
> wierd dependency, and the widget is more portable to other platforms   
> as well.
  
        Probably yes - ultimately.

> On 23 Jun 2001 12:51:23 -0400, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > > The reason was that GnomeDock was in libgnomeui, but we didn't want
to make
> > > libbonoboui depend on libgnomeui. So we moved GnomeDock to bonoboui
and renamed
> > > it.
> > 
> >   Hmm this approach doesn't sound right; IMHO Bonobo should contain
the
> > Bonobo stuff, and not random GTK+ widgetry.
   
        This made it possible for libgnomeui to depend on libbonoboui, and
thus allow gnomeui widgets to be implemented using bonobo. It is the
obvious consequence of pushing bonobo down the dependency stack -
furthermore - there is no real reason to install the copy in libbonoboui  
if you don't like it - since it is an internal implementation detail.
      
        The other solution would be to split libgnomeui into 2 libraries,
one containing the dock, the other containing the rest - and while some   
people might like this idea - library proliferation creates a difficult to
maintain and comprehend mess.
      
        Regards,
  
                Michael.

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