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Re: [trinity-devel] GTK dependency standard for helper packages/apps?

From: "Darrell Anderson" <darrella@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:16:47 -0600
>  Going through build scripts for dependency/helper application 
>like xmedcon, I
>was building them against gtk2 last year for both tde13 and R14. 
>Do we have any
>'tde' standard we are trying to enforce for minimizing the 
>dependencies for a
>complete tde install?
>
>  What I mean is that if someone goes to install tde-full with all 
>helper apps,
>do we want and try to say all apps with a gtk requirement should 
>be built
>against gtk3 instead of gtk2?  I for one prefer gtk2, but I can 
>see the logic in
>standardizing around a version to minimize dependencies (and to 
>prevent build
>failures when gtk2 is dropped)
>
>  Has anyone given this any thought? I don't like the prospect of 
>having to
>recode older apps against a new gtk, but it is doable. The number 
>of apps this
>will apply to is minimal.

What is a "helper app"?

Apps like xmedcon are outside the scope of Trinity. Distro 
packagers and maintainers ensure the dependencies are satisfied.

Darrell