On 01/13/2014 02:16 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
> What is a "helper app"?
> 
> Apps like xmedcon are outside the scope of Trinity. Distro 
> packagers and maintainers ensure the dependencies are satisfied.
> 
> Darrell

Well, I'm getting old I guess,

  tde-libksquirrel has xmedcon as an optional dependency that provides medical
image handling and conversion. (CT, MRI, PET, etc..) I always build it because I
use the functionality. My question was for these type of applications is whether
there is any preference whether they are built against GTK2 or GTK3 if we have a
choice.

  The reason it matters to me is that if some apps are built with a gtk2
dependency, you pull in gtk2 as a build dependency, if against gtk3, then you
pull in gtk3. (that looks like it will happen for the foreseeable future
anyway). I didn't know if there had been any discussion about trying to minimize
build dependencies such that if an option existed to use either gtk2 or 3, if
there was a preference for one or the other.

  Smacks self -- there I go thinking someone else will actually be building tde
on arch except me -- never mind...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.