I agree completely! gtk-sharp versions should match the gtk version, imho.
--Ken On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 19:13 +0000, José Alexandre Antunes Faria wrote: > Hi there guys, > > I have discussed this problem many times on IRC, even with miguel. > I'm going to try to be clear and short. > > Facts: > 1. The newer the GTK version, the more widgets it as, greater is the > gui. > 2. Final clients want the greatest possible gui. > 3. Corporate clients have typically old gtk versions. > 4. Developers and enthusiasts have newer gtk versions. > 5. Corporate clients pay. > 6. Developers and enthusiast push linux forward and help flush out bugs > for corporate clients. > > Every costumer should get the newest possible gtk. > > Problems. > 1. gtk 2.2 is hidden under gtk-sharp 1.0 > 2. gtk 2.4, 2.6 and 2.8 is hidden under gtk-sharp 2.0 > 2. released gtk-sharp 2.0 is limited by gtk 2.4 > > So now every developer who wants to target 2.6 or 2.8 has to custom > compile. > It should be possible to have them all installed. > Even for final clients. > I know makebundle should allow us to ship newer versions to clients with > older gtks. > > Besides we are needing an entry fork on monodoc, how do we feed in > documentation for more fresh features. I know most are the same. > > What I propose is to have different gtk-sharps and to make things > simpler, I would advise something like: > > 1. gtk-sharp 2.2 -> gtk 2.2 > 2. gtk-sharp 2.4 -> gtk 2.4 > 4. gtk-sharp 2.6 -> gtk 2.6 > 5. gtk-sharp 2.8 -> gtk 2.8 > > One could use a number like 2.3.x for 2.4 betas. > Once I thought this was the target, but now I think it isn't anymore. > This would make things a lot clearer for me developers. > > Probably I'm being lame or missing a bunch of things. > > Cheers, > José Faria > > > _______________________________________________ > Gtk-sharp-list maillist - Gtk-sharp-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list >
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