Re: [Gtk2hs-users] deprecation and further build problems

[Gour <go...@ma...>]

>>>>> "Axel" == Axel Simon <Axe...@en...> writes:

Axel> But this is hard to get right as deprecation is dependant on the
Axel> version of Gtk+. Thus, for every release, we need to test our
Axel> tarball against all stable versions of Gtk+. This is quite labor
Axel> intensive, as you can imagine. We already add comments if a
Axel> function is available only from a certain version onwards. This
Axel> has to be done manually since neither introspection nor other
Axel> sources (header files) contain this information. Making
Axel> deprecation dependent on the version is as labor intensive.

We should bring Gtk2Hs on par with GTK+, i.e. bring the bindings up to
date with GTK+ and then release Gtk2Hs-2.16 along with GTK+-2.16 :-D

Of course something like that is achievable when API is pretty stable
and bindings are (mostly) generated automatically.

Yesterdy, upon inquiring about the status of 'introspection', I got the
following info from the main dev:


<jdahlin> gour: gobject-introspection is perfectly ready to use for
          writing bindings                                  [13:31]

<jdahlin> there will be certain areas where it misses information, but
          they are added upon need                          [13:32]

<jdahlin> there are quite a few different bindings for it already
          (python, perl, 2 different javascript, lisp, java)

Let's hope it can help us bring Gtk2Hs to the level it deserves...


Sincerely,
Gour

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