Re: GTK+ modularization

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, muppet wrote:

> As i understand it, the target for this modularization is not 
> desktops --- it's embedded devices.

Hmm, perhaps I haven't been following this closely enough.  In 
an embedded context the slimming of GTK certainly make sense.

> Therefore I heartily condone the effort to make subsets that 
> can be turned off, but with respect to your concerns about 
> portability of desktop apps, would suggest that these subsets 
> are not advertised as useful for desktop systems.

Yes.  I find it's surprisingly easy for people to shoot 
themselves in the foot, and anything that makes that less likely 
is welcome.  (In this context, shooting self in foot = 
installing or building a GTK runtime that will not support all 
the apps the user wants to run.)

--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC