On 08.06.2018 15:46, Eric Williams wrote: >>> In practice, GTK3 bugs specific to Ubuntu 16.04 are already ignored -- we >>> will >>> accept patches for them but otherwise no time is spent on these issues. >> >> Wouldn't that be a reason to keep it around, to make sure that these systems >> can >> switch to the GTK+2 implementation to circumvent bugs? > > I would rather people upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS than still use 16.04. Apart > from an up-to-date GTK3, Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME which also resolves a lot of > Ubuntu specific bugs. There were also a lot of theme fixes for 18.04 which > make > quite a difference IIRC. > >> Though, giving this some more thought, my previous arguments are pretty much >> moot, as you and Aleksandar have pointed out. I might be one of the few which >> are using SWT with the GTK+2 implementation because the biggest part of my >> DE is >> still GTK+2. > > Is this the only reason? Or are there some other SWT GTK3 bugs which prevent > you > from using SWT-GTK3? The DE being GTK2 shouldn't be an issue when running > SWT-GTK3.
To end the discussion shortly: It depends, part of it and no. Thinking about this some more, I've realized that I'm quite a special case here and my point of view does not apply to a lot of people nor that it is relevent. Sorry for unnecessarily sidetracking this discussion. I guess I still can't wrap my head around the idea to have GTK+ releases being deprecated the moment they have stabilized, and practically only getting 2 years of stable life out of a release. That is still a thought that is absolutely insane to me. _______________________________________________ platform-dev mailing list platform-dev@eclipse.org To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev
