Re: glib/gtk compilation subsets (Re: is glib too bloated?)

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 5/14/07, Tim Janik <timj imendio com> wrote:

> we've discussed that during last GUADECs Gtk+ meeting:
>    http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2006-June/msg00146.html
> the main outcome was that the ability to disable some of the non-strict-core
> widgets in Gtk+ could be an interesting code size reduction in embedded
> contexts. if done properly and if it's possibly interesting to have
> for multiple parties, compilation subsets could also be backfolded into
> the upstream Gtk+ configure.in/Makefile.am.
> so far, no one has really attempted this and submitted a patch though,
> and without anyone taking a stab at it, it won't happen.

I actually did an initial investigation of allowing build-time subsets
in gtk, and
I believe I reported the results on this mailing list sometime last
year, but the
memory savings were not overly spectacular.