Re: GIO support

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On 13.04.2010 02:31, Kevin Ryde wrote:
> > gio-support
> gio is a separate libgio is it?  Are the wrappers separate similarly?

The gobject-introspection glue is in Glib.so and Glib.pm.  But all the 
gio-specific stuff is in Glib/IO.pm (there is no .so).

But that's just the current situation on the branch.  I'm not sure what 
the best way to distribute this code is.

• Current situation: the introspection stuff and Glib::IO are part of 
the Glib distribution.  This has the downside of making Glib depend on 
the not-yet-stable gobject-introspection library.

• Create a separate Glib::IO distribution including the introspection 
stuff and the gio stuff.  Upside: easy distribution without disturbing 
Glib.  Downside: the introspection stuff, which is potentially useful to 
create bindings for many other libraries, is hidden inside Glib::IO.

• Create a Glib::Object::Introspection distribution providing the 
introspection glue, and a separate Glib::IO distribution depending on 
it.  Upside: easy distribution, no disturbance on Glib.  Are there 
downsides to this approach?