Re: Move from {Array,List,Slist}Handle to std::vector.

[Krzesimir Nowak <qdlacz gmail com>]

2011/1/24 Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>:
> On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 22:53 +0100, Krzesimir Nowak wrote:
>> > Are we going to break API of pangomm too? There are some methods
>> using
>> > the Handle stuff.
>> >
>>
>> Ok, so I have today managed to adapt glibmm (with giomm too),
>
> There is no plan to break glibmm (or giomm) ABI at the moment. I could
> reconsider if we have large API improvements to make, though it is
> rather late in the GNOME release schedule. Are the changes major?

Well, yes. I removed the some old files (from the vectorutils POV). So
there are no arrayhandle.h, listhandle.h, slisthandle.h, containers.h
and helperlist.h anymore. But since glibmm won't break API for now,
then I'll prepare a patch for glibmm just adding the new header and
tests for it and leaving the rest as is.

>>  atkmm,
>> pangomm
>
> Likewise, I don't plan to break their ABI either. It's hard enough to
> get gtkmm-3.0 packages into distros. Depending on other new packages
> would make it even harder. That doesn't seem worth it if there is no
> serious improvement in the API.

Ok, I'll just maintain the `vector' branches of glibmm, pangomm and
atkmm (mostly merging with master) until sometime they will be merged
into masters.

>
>>  and gtkmm (with gdkmm too) to new vector utils. All seems to
>> compile nicely (make check passes too!). There is a branch called
>> `vector' in all mentioned projects.
>
> Excellent. Then we can use them when we are ready. There are hints of a
> GTK+ 4 fairly soon, so it might happen.
>
>>  Some other bindings will need to be
>> ported to use the vector utils (gtksourceviewmm, goocanvasmm, other?).
>
> goocanvasmm has an unstable API, so feel free to commit changes there.
> gtksourceviewmm is also not yet API stable, so that should be fine too.

Ok.

>> Murray, if you think it is ok to merge those branches to master, then
>> give me a hint - I'll prepare some ChangeLog entries for projects.
>
> I'd like to review a single big patch for gtkmm, please, in bugzilla.

I'll do it at home, hopefully today.

> Many thanks.
>
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