Re: GTK+-2.3.0 released [unstable]

[Matthias Mann <matman matman24 org>]

        ***  Re: GTK+-2.3.0 released [unstable]  ***
 
 On Saturday October 25 2003 00:35 CEST, Owen Taylor wrote:
 
 > GTK+-2.3.0 is now available
 
 Hi Owen,
 
 thanks for this news that will make happy a lot of people!
 
 And while being happy about that news i was becomming some
 ideas. Could be some criticize on Gtk+. But please take it
 easy. Nobody needs to be tired! Cause nobody's perfect...
 
 ...Last months i wrote an application with Gtk+2.x. For the
 file selection i used GtkFileSelection and for a tree view
 GtkTreeView.
 
 My statement:
 
 Now GtkCTree is not very old but deprecated. What's about
 GtkFileSelection? Du i need to update my source code in
 the next three months?
 
 If yes i think: "HELP!!! how much time i will need for
 maintaining my source codes!"
 
 I'm thinking that this question never should be called.
 And now?
 
 I know that old ideas sometimes needs to be fallen down.
 And i didn't forget that now Gtk+ is in a development
 step called version 2.x (the stable one). But there is an
 idea that i saw in reallity:
 
 If i like to install any for M$-Windows 1995 written
 application on a $Windows XP system (since 2000) there are
 no problems while using these very old binaries on a modern
 PC system. But installing Gtk+ application binaries,
 written in 2002, will make big problems for big projects
 if i like to install them on a one year newer OS(with Gtk+)?
 
 On modern PC systems (most have them) isn't it possible to
 keep old traditions? If a developer needs to update some
 source code to the newest feautures of Gtk+ he will do this!
 
 And while the old, older and oldest code is running perfect
 or good enough, why removeing those code? Isn't it equal
 wheter a great library like Gtk+ needs 10 or 20 MB on hard
 disk?
 
 Have a nice day!
 
 Mathew
 
 --
 Nothing is impossible!
   You only need to know the way.
 
   :-)