Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] gtk1 support still necessary?

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:51:50 -0600
Ulf Lamping wrote:

> I've noticed some problems with the 2.8 version (2.6 seemed to be ok in
> that regards):
> 
> - GTK-Wimp doesn't seem to be working (probably a configuration issue),
> making the GUI pretty "old school" looking (which is a no-go for the
> release in my eyes!). Anyone else with this problem?
> - The splash screen has a border (which it shouldn't have) and I don't
> know why ...

It looks like 2.8 comes with its own "libwimp.dll", which we don't
address right now.  I'll take a look at it tomorrow if I have time.

> Did you also updated the NSIS script (as some libnames might have
> changed and the cairo libs are new)?

I just checked in a fix to include cairo and libpng.  I don't think any
of the other library names changed.

> So how to continue here? I'm not sure, but I would think the 2.8 is a
> bit too early, and I would tend to follow the Gimp (which still uses the
> 2.6 versions).

It sounds like 2.6 might be the way to go.