On Sep 14, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> writes:
But there's a bigger problem: I had to patch Webkit-Gtk to get it to
compile and submitted the patch. It's a matter of conflating Gtk and
X11. (It's at https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28727) The
response was to patch more extensively to ensure that Webkit-Gtk
won't
build without X11, and when I reopened the bug, the maintainer
commented that Webkit-Gtk doesn't support the Quartz backend. As long
as Gnucash will build against 1.1.12 we're fine, but if we have to
move to a newer version, more extensive patching will be needed.
Ummm....
That seems counter-productive! Did they give a reason for making
that restriction? *sigh*
Do you want me to get involved with this issue?
It seems pretty bad that you supply a patch to get it webkit-gtk
working
with Gtk-Quartz and they make it not-work!
It seems dumb to me, too. As you may have noted, the ticket remains
open but apparently ignored. I haven't pursued it on the Webkit-gtk
list yet.
The open hostility is unusual. More common is simple neglect. Most of
the dev teams are Linux-focussed and not terribly interested in cross-
platform compatibility. They'll accept patches, but won't do anything
themselves to ensure compatibility. In the Linux world, the distro
teams do all sorts of compatibility patches (as do Fink and MacPorts
maintainers, as David Reiser pointed out.) The Gtk+ team can't even be
bothered to commit patches since Richard Hult withdrew.
As for you "getting involved", to do what? Adding another lonely voice
on the dev lists (in your copious spare time ;-) ) won't hurt, but it
seems unlikely to make much difference.
Regards,
John Ralls
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