Re: gnome: deprecated libraries

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On 06.10.2010 16:34, Mario Kemper wrote:
> My question is, what will happen with the existing bindings? How long
> will they stay usable. I using GnomeCanvas and GnomeVfs in one of my
> programs. Do I need to switch as soon as possible?

Well, the existing bindings won't just go away.  And I'm also willing 
(tuits permitting) to do maintenance releases if necessary.  But just as 
is the case for the upstream projects, there will be no further 
improvements that go beyond maintenance.

So, as long as you're satisfied with the current feature set, I don't 
see any urgent reason to switch right away.

> What is the best way to use GIO instead of GnomeVfs? Using the
> introspection stuff that is available here:
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/perl-Glib-IO/ ? Will this be included in any
> distribution in the near future (e.g. in Ubuntu there is only
> libgnome2-vfs-perl)?

Yes, as far as I know, this is currently the only way to use GIO from 
Perl.  The wrapper module Glib::IO is pretty thin, so you can also just 
use Glib::Object::Introspection directly.  But this stuff will not hit 
distros very soon; I haven't even managed to roll a single release yet. 
 (Help always welcome!)

Of course, anyone is still free to write manual bindings for GIO, 
sidestepping the whole introspection stuff.