Re: Change default toolkit to Gtk3?

["Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

Hello.

9 sep 2012 kl. 08:25 skrev Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>:

>>>>>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2012, Jan Djärv wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to suggest that we change the default toolkit to Gtk3, like so:
> 
>> configure    (Gtk3 is tried, then Gtk2)
>> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk  (as above)
>> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 (try Gtk3 only).
> 
>> Is that OK?
> 
> In Gentoo we needs a way for our ebuild to explicitly select Gtk2.
> AFAICS, that wouldn't be possible any more?
> 
> How about this:
> 
> configure    (Gtk3 is tried, then Gtk2)
> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk  (as above)
> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk2 (try Gtk2 only).

I did not consider atomated builders/testers.  So I agree, an explicit gtk2 is needed.

9 sep 2012 kl. 08:49 skrev Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>:

> 
> I don't think we should drop configure flags, so --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
> needs to still be recognized.  So, it should be
> 
> configure    (Gtk3 is tried, then Gtk2)
> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk  (as above)
> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 (as above)
> configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk2 (try Gtk2 only).

I agree.

9 sep 2012 kl. 09:13 skrev Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>:

> I don't think it makes sense to try gtk2 when gtk3 is requested.
> 

I agree, it would also change its current meaning.

So this is what I will do if nobody objects:

configure    (Gtk3 is tried, then Gtk2)
configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk  (as above)
configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 (try Gtk3 only)
configure --with-x-toolkit=gtk2 (try Gtk2 only)

	Jan D.