Re: [gtk-list] Re: GTK Patched Distributions

[Tim Janik <timj psynet net>]

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Ian Main wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Tim Janik wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Ian Main wrote:
> > > On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Jay Painter wrote:
> > > 
> > > I like the idea, but I don't know how much my opinion is worth.  I would
> > > imagine that gtk will have to come out of gimp one of these days.. once
> > > the gimp isn't the only application using gtk, it will become bothersome
> > > to have to d/l gimp to compile some other app.
> > 
> > i'd secaond that.
> > also, having a separate dist of gtk+ gives the people on this list the
> > opportunity to try out patches before they are incorporated into the gimp.
> 
> In the end, I would imagine it would be S & P's decision to change the
> distribution method no ?

surely it would, but still having a single place where all the patches
reside as well as a common patched version of gtk+ for people to test,
inbetween the releases made by peter would be a very good idea IMHO.

> 
> Ian
> 

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