Re: API's removed between 2.13.5 and 2.14.1

[Matt Keenan <Matt Keenan Sun COM>]

Christian/Michael,

Thanks for the detailed replies....

Matt


Christian Dywan wrote:
> Am Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:43:32 +0100
> schrieb Matt Keenan <Matt Keenan Sun COM>:
>
> > Can anyone shed some light on why the following API's were removed
> > from Gtk between 2.13.5 and 2.24.1 :
> >
> >      * gtk_font_selection_get_face_entry
> >      * gtk_font_selection_get_family_entry
> >        Both of these were removed in 2.13.7
> >
> >      * gtk_widget_get_allocation
> >        Removed in 2.14.1
>
> The prototype of this function was not agreed upon among the core
> developers. So the decision was deferred to the next Gtk version.
> It had to be removed before final API freeze, otherwise it could not
> have been changed anymore.
>
> >      * gtk_window_get_default
> >        Removed in 2.13.6
>
> That was a misnomer, there's gtk_window_get_default_widget now. Think
> of gdk_screen_get_default, gdk_display_get_default,
> gdk_keymap_get_default, gtk_settings_get_default, etc. etc.
> After adding the function during the sealing it was reconsidered.
>
> > I can't find any reference in the ChangeLogs WRT why they were
> > removed. Would this be considered an break in API compatibility ?
>
> For one, all of those were introduced and removed within development
> versions, which are not supposed to maintain API compatibility until a
> major, stable version is released - and 'stable' actually does mean
> API is frozen in all even 2.x.0 versions.
>
> I stated above what I remember off head, I'm pretty sure bugzilla will
> tell you more if you ask it kindly for the according bugs.
>
> ciao,
>     Christian
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