Re: GnuCash page on GO site

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Charles Goodwin <charlie xwt org> writes:

> On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 16:47, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Where is there a released libgoffice I could pull down?
>
> IIRC, gnome-office module in gnome cvs.

Oh, so this isn't even released yet??  UGGH.  Perhaps gnucash-2.2,
then.  I don't want co-dependencies when we release gnucash-2; I want
all the dependencies to be well-available.

>> Do you have a phrase-wheel?  :)
>
> Ok, I just did a bit of research into this.
>
> In Epiphany 1.0x this is a custom widget, a combination of the combo box
> and glist which is rigged to update and refresh.

This may be ok, provided there is a hook to perform a backend
search/query when it updates.

> However, in 1.1x this is done properly using GtkEntry +
> GtkEntryCompletion which are only available in Gtk2.4 (the URLs are
> misleading so try and ignore them):
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/gtk/GtkEntry.html
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/gtk/GtkEntryCompletion.html
>
> Jumping GnuCash to Gtk 2.4 would probably not be a bad thing since most
> of GO will be headed that way at some point in the future.

Yes it would.  Lots of existing/current distros don't have gtk-2.4.
Indeed, gtk-2.4 hasn't even been released yet.  GnuCash wont code to
non-released dependencies (remember what I said about the 1.6 fiasco).
So, 2.4 is not an option for us at this time.

Basically, we choose a base system (let's say FC-1 -- it was RH9 (and
even RH8 for a while) but the g2 port is taking long enough that we
might change it)...  We want as many deps as possible to be available
on the base platform.  This means GTK-2.2.4 is our target.

We want our deps to have been released for at LEAST 6 months before
we make a release that depends on them.  c.f. gnucash-1.6 fiasco.

>> Are there any docs for gsf?  I certainly couldn't find any.
>
> Isn't there a readme with the download/cvs?  (Jody?)

I meant URL.  I dont want to have to download a package and read a
readme just to figure out wtf it does.

> Btw, I'm really glad you're strongly considering GO integration, Derek. 
> I think it'll be an extremely positive move for both GO and for GnuCash.

Well, we need a guppi replacement; that's important to us for a g2
release.  The rest of GO I can probably take or leave.

I'm extremely concerned about timelines, and the potential gtk-2.4
dependency.  As of today, a dependency on 2.4 is a showstopper for
us.

-derek
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