On 06/13/13 08:37 AM, Jack Bowling wrote:
> On 13-06-12 03:23 PM, Tobias Ellinghaus wrote:
...
>> WTF? This is the first thing I hear about distributions dropping support for
>> GTK. Are you sure you are not confusing this with GNOME?
>
> I may be reading between the lines a bit. But it has been reported all
> over the place that Ubuntu will be requiring Qt/QML/HTML5 for their
> mobile platforms. As well, they will be developing their own display
> server, Mir. Since mobile is the tail that wags the dog these days, it
> probably will eventually lead to a loss of GTK on the desktop as well
> since Shuttleworth's emphasis has been to harmonize all ubuntu code
> bases on the various platforms.
I think your "reading between the lines" is completely
out of touch with reality.
Canonical is a software company with a growing enterprise
customer base. Enterprise customers do not like big change
like dropping support for toolkits which they have grown
familiar with over many years. While enterprise customers
are definitely moving towards mobile platforms, they're
doing so where it makes sense.
Running a photo processing application on a mobile platform
does not make sense.
Your assumption that the proliferation of mobile-friendly
environments automatically means that desktop toolkits will
be going away very soon also does not make sense.
Also, Canonical is just one member of the open source
community. While they have influence, they do not set the
direction.
James C. McPherson
--
Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter
http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/blog
Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson
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