On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 13:25, Jeff Epler <[email protected]> wrote:
> .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those interested > should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that still use gtk2. > The absolute lack of support on the pygtk mailing lists and IRC make me not so upset with the idea of losing pygtk (Even emailing the professional pygtk developers listed on the web site, and offering them money, fails to elicit any reply) > > I know this still includes halscope and halmeter. it would be a real > pity to lose halscope to CADTs^Wthe progress of the Linux desktop. > > ----- Forwarded message from Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> ----- > > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:06:06 -0500 > From: Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: debian-gtk-gnome <[email protected]>, Debian GNOME > Maintainers <[email protected]> > Subject: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF > X-Spambayes-Classification: ham; 0.00 > > It's been several months since the last update from the Debian GNOME > team on our efforts to remove unmaintained libraries from Debian. We > have made significant progress in this goal and the removal of > libgnome is within reach. See the charts later in this email. > > Also, we have succeeded in removing gtk2 from the default GNOME > install for Buster (as of meta-gnome3 1:3.22+13). > > gtk2 mass bug filing > ----------------------------- > For Bullseye, we are serious about our intention to remove libglade2, > libgtk2-perl, and pygtk. This is part of a larger effort to reduce > gtk2 use as much as possible. This is a massive project as over 600 > packages in unstable are using gtk2 now. > > gtk3 was declared stable with its 3.22 release in 2016. gtk3 has many > advantages over gtk2: support for HIDPI scaling, support for Wayland, > CSS theming, better support for non-C programming languages through > GObject Introspection, and more. Practically speaking, gtk2 has nearly > reached its End of Life. > > We want to do a gtk2 mass bug filing now. Please contact us if you > would like to help us file all these bugs. > > If you use or maintain a GTK2 project, please discuss GTK2's > deprecation with upstream. I believe a majority of GTK2 apps are > unmaintained so you may need to do the porting yourself if you aren't > ready for your favorite apps to be removed from Debian. > > Removed from Debian > ------------------- > esound > gconfmm2.6 > gksu & libgksu > gnome-keyring-sharp > gnome-sharp2 > goffice-0.8 > gocanvas > libsocialweb > libunique3 > mx > opal & ptlib > pygoocanvas > webkit-sharp > webkit-sharp3 > > libgnome2-perl > libgnome2-canvas-perl > libgnome2-gconf-perl > libgnome2-vfs-perl > libgnome2-wnck-perl > libgoo-canvas-perl > libgtk2-appindicator-perl > libgtk2-unique-perl > > Removed from Testing > -------------------- > In this section, the parentheses indicate the remaining packages that > depend on them (reverse dependencies). A trailing & is used to point to > libraries that themselves are listed as removed. A trailing !! means that > the removal process has started either through an Intent to Remove bug or a > RM bug. > > (gbonds & thawab will be uploaded soon to fix their issues.) > > gnome-python (gnome-python-desktop&, gjots2, revelation) > gnome-python-desktop (xword!!) > gnome-vfs (libgnome&) > libbonobo (libbonoboui&) > libbonoboui (libgnomeui&) > libgnome (libgnomeui&) > libgnomeui (gnome-python&, gbonds, gnome-commander!!, gresolver!!, > linsmith) > libgnome-keyring (libgnomeui&, moonshot-ui, mozilla-gnome-keyring, > mysql-workbench) > orbit2 (pyorbit&, libbonobo&) > pygtksourceview (cherrytree, liblunar!!) > pyorbit (gnome-python&) > python-poppler (pdfshuffler) > rarian (gbonds) > webkitgtk (swt-gtk!!, thawab) > > libgtk2-gladexml-perl > libgtk2-notify-perl > libgtk2-sourceview2-perl > libgtk2-spell-perl > libgtk2-trayicon-perl > libgtk2-traymanager-perl > > Discussing removal > ----------------------------- > clutter-gesture > > Deferred until Bullseye > ---------------------- > gconf > gtksourceview2 > gtksourceview3 > gtkspell3 > libglade2 > libglademm2.4 > libgnomecanvas > libgnomecanvasmm2.6 > libgtk2-perl > libunique > pygtk > python-gtkglext1 (xpra) > vte (cdebconf-terminal which is part of debian-installer) > > Not removing at this time > ------------------------------------ > libart-lgpl > > On behalf of the Debian GNOME Team, > Jeremy Bicha > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
