Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gnomemeeting and win32

[Craig Southeren <craigs postincrement com>]

Damien - I am still keen to help out here.

   Craig

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:07:13 +0100
Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com> wrote:

> Le jeu 18/12/2003 à 23:24, Carsten Breuer a écrit :
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > 
> > Im currently thinking about to port Gnomemeeting to wxWindows
> > and during a view to the source i have seen that there are
> > allready compiler switches for win32.
> 
> I don't think porting it to wxWindows is a good idea. 98% of the code is
> already portable.
> 
> > 
> > Is there anybody who have allready compiled gnomemeeting
> > with win32. Are there any reason not to doing this
> > (patents or other stuff)?
> > 
> 
> Yes; but there are problems with GTK+
> 
> GnomeMeeting *had* several non-portable parts :
> - the GNOME dependancies, but they can be compiled out with the same
> level of functionality (except the druid)
> - the GConf dependancy, but somebody ported the GConf code so that it
> works on windows, however there are still bugs
> 
> The rest is portable. The only remaining problem is with gtk for windows
> that doesn't support threads very well.
> 
> I would say that the GConf dependancy porting can be improved, same for
> the GTK support. Those are the only problematic parts of GnomeMeeting on
> Win32. If you want to provide help, I can put you in contact with the
> required persons.
> 
> Starting a wxWindows port doesn't make sense as it involves more work
> than porting the missing pieces of the current code.
> 
> > Thanks for any answers.
> > 
> > 
> > Carsten
> > 
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