Re: Backwards compatibility

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Ian King <king eiffel com> writes: 
> Is the API for gtk+ 2.0 backwards compatible with the present release
> version 1.2.8, if it is not, is there a great deal of change.

There is a lot of new stuff, but not too much old stuff has been
broken. It is 98% source compatible.

> What gtk objects are being deprecated (apart from gtktree, possibly
> gtkctree)?

We don't have a complete list yet. There will be one prepared. GtkText
is a notable one.

> What added functionality will the new version bring?

Owen has a white paper at
http://www.redhat.com/devnet/articles/rh7_preview_tech.html that's
pretty informative.

> When is the expected release of a stable version?
> 

"a few months" where "few" can mean any of several specific
numbers. ;-)

Havoc