On Jul 29, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Having said that, I must also warn you: do not try to support GTK+ 2
> and GTK+ 3 in the same code base. It was doable back when GTK+ 3 was
> new, four years ago, but the code base, requirement, assumptions, and
> API have been diverging to the point of being a massive waste of time
> — for you, for packagers, for users, and for people answering your
> questions.
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> Either stick with GTK+ 2.24, or port to GTK+ 3.
Or kick both of them to the curb, as we're doing in the trunk. :-)
Of course, we're supporting both Qt 4 and Qt 5 in the Qt version; I'm not sure how much of a pain that will turn out to be, but I think the Qt folks aren't quite as eager to Change Stuff Incompatibly as are the GTK+ people.
