Hi Dick > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 20:44, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > > Woulnt it be a great idea to create standard-packages for desktop use > > with integrated GTK#? > > > > This would enable developers to create GUI-apps with mono out of the box > > without the need of installing native wrapper libraries.
I think this is a good idea as one of the major downers for me is that I'm having difficulty building mono so that I can use Forms. It's almost at the point where I'm going to switch to Windows and Visual Studio, which is something I really don't want to do. > The native wrapper libraries would still be needed, unless you are > proposing to reimplement all of gtk+ inside gtk# as managed code. I'm missing your point. Why can't built versions of the wrappers be shipped in the pacakge? :-) > > > This would make deployment much easier! > > > > A worst case scenario: > > I user wants to run a simple Mono/GTK# application and is a real newbie. > > First he has to install Mono, but the application still does not work. > > Now he tries to install GTK# but there are so many dependencies because > > of GTK+.... > > This user will use a wore C app before installing all required tools... > > It's up to the packager to correctly specify all the dependencies, just > as it is for the packager of the C app. In that case, why hasn't it been done? Or has it and I've missed it somewhere? I know there are gtk RPMs that can be downloaded from the mono website. :-) Regards Paul Paul Grenyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.paulgrenyer.co.uk You can�t buy time, but you can sell your soul and the closest thing to heaven is to Rock �n' Roll. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
