Hello, Welcome Ben ! I also tried to build MATE but I encountered dependency issues immediately. atk 2.14 would be a first target [2] but requires also building a newer gobject-introspection and make sure that nothing breaks. Best regards
Aurelien [1] http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/MATE+1.10+Sandbox [2] https://www.illumos.org/issues/6055 On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Having GTK3 spec files are a good news. I'll focus on that then so we got > a GTK3 to build on. > > I'll leave MATE aside for the moment as we have a working desktop. > GTK3 will open more option to desktops alternative or application. > > Best regards. > Franck > > ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Alexander Pyhalov" <[email protected]> > À: "OpenIndiana Developer mailing list" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Envoyé: Lundi 27 Juillet 2015 17:17:09 > Objet: Re: [oi-dev] Effort focus > > [email protected] писал 27.07.2015 07:21: > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying for the last 2 month to get some updates to OI in > > particular Hipster. > > I tried to update the DE by compiling MATE, then I tried to get an > > alternative browser to work copnsidering the issue with Firefox and > > started to compile Midori. > > > > Of course, MATE is a hell to compile as it is fragmented all over the > > place with each modules having its on dependencies. But I reach an > > interesting point where quite a lot of application were compile but > > not the main modules (panel, ...) > > > > Midori is hard on dependencies as well (GTK+3 <- Glib <- automake,....) > > > > I have a very limited time to dedicate (and skills, I have to admit) > > and would like to make the best out of it so I ask you. > > Does it make sense to try to get MATE up and running to replace GNOME > > 2, or get another type desktop, or keep the current one ? > > Midori has already moved to GTK+3 and more and more applications are > > designed on top of it, does it make sense to focus the effort on > > building a functionnal GTK+3 on OI as a starting point ? > > Hi. > I think that MATE would be a valuable thing, and it worth to try making > it work, > but you can underestimate the work wich is necessary to make it > functional. > > What about GTK3, you can look at > https://java.net/projects/solaris-desktop/sources/spec-files/ , > it has base-specs/gtk3.spec, SUNWgtk3.spec and SUNWgtk3-engines.spec. > They are a valuable starting point. Note, that I couldn't find when you > can witch branches > int web ui, perhaps you'll have to clone the repo and switch manually to > gnome-2-30-s12 > branch to see the specs. > > --- > System Administrator of Southern Federal University Computer Center > > > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LARCHER Aurélien | KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication Work: +46 (0) 8 790 71 42 | Lindstedtsvägen 5, Plan 4, 100 44 Stockholm, SWEDEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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