From: Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com>
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: status of guile-gnome and replacements?
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:37:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rmipm0liq7s.fsf@s1.lexort.com> (raw)
In pkgsrc we are pruning gnome2 (but have mate). That's not about
guile, but it is causing a hard look at things that depend on gnome2.
We have guile-gnome 2.16.5, the most recent release, released in June of
2017. I remember using something in 2004ish, but more for gtk than
gnome.
Our package depends on guile 2.0. I just tried to run calc.scm which I
remember from the old days, but it failed, perhaps due to how we
namespace multiple guile versions.
I tried to find what guile-gnome has been replaced by, and remembered
g-wrap, but last release was 2015 and it's a FFI.
I then found guile-gtk, from 2007 which says to use guile-gnome.
I found guile-cairo, from 2020 which counts as recent, but "Guile-Cairo
is complete, wrapping almost all of the Cairo API." which does not seem
to be "you can use this to do random gtk3 things".
So: what is the current best way to do gtk3 (4?) from guile?
At this point I have no need, but I like to see guile things live on,
when it makes sense. But it is seeming like tilting at windmills to
keep guile-gnome going.
What do other packaging systems do? Debian 12 doesn't have guile-gnome
but it does have guile-cairo.
Greg
next reply other threads:[~2023-11-07 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-07 14:37 Greg Troxel [this message]
2023-11-07 14:47 ` status of guile-gnome and replacements? MSavoritias
2023-11-07 16:22 ` Mike Gran
2023-11-08 3:19 ` David Pirotte
2023-11-10 14:15 ` Greg Troxel
2023-11-08 3:27 ` David Pirotte
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