Re: GTK+ 2.21.6

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 11:52 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com> wrote:
> > GTK+ 2.21.6 is now available for download at:
>
> is this really a correct description of 2.21:
>
> > Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.21.5 to 2.21.6
> > ==============================================
> >
> > * Most drawing done by GTK+ itself has been ported from
> >  GDK drawing APIs to cairo
>
>    [ .... ]
>
> > * Deprecations:
> >  - GtkNotebookPage
> >  - The GtkRecenManager::limit property
> >  - All GDK drawing functions, ie gdk_draw_*. Use cairo instead
> >  - All GdkGC functions. Use cairo instead
> >  - All of GdkImage. Use cairo instead
> >  - All of GdkRGB. Use cairo instead
> >  - gdk_{bit,pix}map_create_from_data
>
>    [ ... ]
>
> > * New cairo-related APIs:
> >  - gdk_window_create_similar_surface
> >  - gdk_window_get_background_pattern
>
> I though that this work was mostly in the 2.9/3.0 branch ?

The old methods still need to be marked as deprecated and replacements
available in 2.x to ease GTK+ 3.x porting, otherwise you're left having
to port everything before you can test it out.