Re: [Java-gnome-developer] libgtk-java-2.5.1 impressions

[Mark H. <mh...@ca...>]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:11:05PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> In my effort to port as much GNOME as possible to FreeBSD, I started on
> the Java-GNOME packages last night.=20
That's great news, thanks!

> I hope you don't mind me sharing.  Again, this is
> libgtk-java-2.5.1 that was uploaded to the GNOME mirrors yesterday.
Sharing is what open source is all about. Please do! your comments are
very much appreciated.=20
I think most people have been using the all-in-one java-gnome tarball
(not available from gnome.org, IIRC), so the gtk one hasn't had as much
testing.=20

> * The root Makefile is missing a ';' in the install target
Where? it looks fine to me.

> * The gtk/src Makefile references LIBGTKHTML_CFLAGS, GNOME_CFLAGS, and
> LIBGLADE_CFLAGS.  I assume these are vestiges of the Java-GNOME split,
> but since they are unexpanded by configure, they break the build.
I will fix this.=20

> * The gtk/src Makefile links with --no-undefined, but this causes
> unresolved libc symbols on FreeBSD, and thus -lc is also needed.  I'm
> not sure if this is a problem for Linux.
Isn't this found in CFLAGS?

> * The documentation is not properly installed since the doc directory
> macro is not expanded by configure.
Fixed in cvs.=20

> * Finally, the library installed is libgtkjava2.3.so.2.3.1, but the API
> tries to load libgtkjava2.5.so.
That shouldn't be happening. Could you send the error please?

> Other than that, it works quite well.  Like I said, I do have patches
> for all of this, but I wasn't sure if these new GNOME mirror images are
> ready for general consumption, or if I jumped the gun.  Thanks.
They're development snapshots created just after completely changing the
build system. I'd say they should be ready for general consumption by
technical people; with help like yours they will be ready for even wider
use very soon.

Thanks for trying java-gnome. I hope you will be able to give feedback
on 2.5.2 :)

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