On 2013-05-25 11:54, Hamish Mackenzie wrote: > pkg-config treats gtk3 as a whole new package, so it might make sense > for gtk2hs to do the same. But I think we could consider using the > major version. We could call the new one gtk-3.12.x. Cabal should > let you install both gtk-0.12 and gtk-3.12 at the same time.
Sure, I have no strong feelings about using version number vs. package name. > Am I right in thinking you are building a nice clean Gtk3 source tree > that has no 2.X specific code and #ifdefs (and a Gtk2 one without the > Gtk3 code)? Right, that's the idea. > If you are worried about duplicating all the code then another option > would be to stick with the status quo and release two packages > to Hackage with exactly the same code but different .cabal files. Well, this is a very cool idea. I like it a lot. > The only difference between these would be how the -fgtk3 flag worked. > We could remove it and hard code the behaviour in the .cabal files. > > gtk.cabal with version 0.12.x - would work like -f-gtk3 > gtk.cabal with version 3.12.x - would work like -fgtk3 > > I don't have any strong feelings either way. I suspect a clean Gtk3 > source tree will make adding more Gtk3 support easier and #ifdefs > would make keeping Gtk2 code up to date easier. > > For gtksourceview and webkit I think multple .cabal files with shared > code using #ifdefs might be best as there is a lot less Gtk3 specific > code in those repos. Right, that seems reasonable. ~d ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel
