Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 24675: /trunk-1.0/

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Guy Harris schrieb:
> I was initially a bit surprised that GLib 2.x worked at all with GTK+  
> 1.2[.x], but then I remembered that, on Windows, they used GLib 2.y,  
> for some value of y, even with GTK+ 1.2[.x].
>
> I'd say we should be prepared to ship different versions of GLib with  
> GTK+ 2.x and 1.2[.x].
>   
Sounds perfectly reasonable.

BTW: For the Windows version, this should read 1.3[.x] (and not 1.2.x).
> BTW, what are the reasons for still offering GTK+ 1.2[.x]?  The ones I  
> can think of are:
>
> 	1) I think in some cases GTK+ 1.2[.x] is faster;
>   
Don't know
> 	2) I have the impression it handles 8-bit color on Windows better  
> than 2.x;
>   
8-bit color on Windows seems a problem with GTK 2.x - at least in some 
versions.
> 	3) if you're building on a really old version of an OS that provides  
> GTK+, it might come with GTK+, and you might not want to upgrade the  
> OS or install a newer GTK+ just to get Wireshark
That's not a problem of the Windows version ;-)

4) someone complained that the GTK2.x version uses more screen real 
estate compared to the GTK 1.x version.


Well, we had several "occasions" in the past, where problems appeared 
with the windows version and we had asked to try the 1.x version - which 
helped for the 8-bit color problem and might give at least some hints 
about the underlying problem for new problem reports.


Anyway, given the fact that GTK 1.x really shows it's ages (AFAIK no 
support from the GTK team) and GTK 3.x at least is already in the early 
discussions, we might think about dropping the GTK 1.x support after our 
1.0 release ...

Regards, ULFL