Re: gtk-2.1 and gal

[Alex Graveley <alex ximian com>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 20:38, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 05:58:22PM -0400, Alex Graveley wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 17:30, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 05:00:08PM -0400, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > > > Are their any plans to merge gal with gtk?
> > > No, although some of the work is being migrated into libgsf.
> > > And the combos may become part of libegg.
> > All of which will advance us a sum total of nowhere on the merging
> > front.
> 
> That's a tad harsh.  It is a small step, but it is forward.
> There is agreement that libegg is to become what gal and eel where
> supposed to be, a staging area to share new code with a clear
> migration path in gtk or libgnomeui.  gal can hopefully revert to
> libetable.

Oh!  I hadn't been aware of the "clear migration path" bit, so yes, this
sounds like a very good step in the right direction.

(Sorry for the harshness)

-Alex

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