Re: [gtk-list] Re: Proposed widget

[<nuke bayside net>]

> <nuke@bayside.net> writes:
> 
> | but IMO gtk shouldn't get much bigger than it already is.
> 
> Gtk+ should have as much widgets as posible, if they are bug free. On
> my system libgtk.so is 989012 Bytes. Where is the problem, when it is
> twice as big?

the problem is that even shared libs can be overkill. sure, try telling
"Gtk+ should have as much widgets as posible" to the guy with the 486 and
8mb of ram. no, we are not microsoft. our solution isn't "BUY NEW
HARDWARE!"

just think.. how long has gtk existed as its own toolkit (not a part of
gimp)? less than a year? and already your binary is a meg. what about next
year after we put every single widget ever announced in it? knowing that
gtk development is going to skyrocket this year because of 1.0 (and due to
so many students being off for the summer), there are going to be LOTS of
widgets. do you want a 5mb binary?
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