[Java-gnome-developer] Backport of libgnome 2.8 - please test!

[Joao V. <jvi...@ya...>]

I've made a backport of libgnome-2.8.2 to run on Gnome 2.6. Basically what i did was to remove all
2.8-specific calls (which strangenly weren't many: just 2), and compile it on Gnome 2.6.

It compiled fine, and i ran a gnome HelloWorld just fine. But, we can't make this official because
we don't know exactly how good this backport is, if there's some problem, etc.

*So*, here's what i'm doing: i'm making the backport avaliable to allow people to test it. I've
packaged it with autopackage, you may download it here:

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/jvic/libgnome-java-2.8.2.x86.package

To install:
 * Download (you may have to 'right click->Save link...')
 * Make it executable
 * Double-click it, it will install it.

To see the files installed:
 $ package files libgnome-java

I have also made a patch avaliable, for the ones who want to build it, or to see what were the
changes. Here's the patch:
http://www.angelfire.com/linux/jvic/libgnomebackport.patch

That's basically that; please test and send feedback.

Oh, if you're wondering why i've backported it: i believe there's still many people on Gnome 2.6,
and i'd like to make Java-Gnome avaliable for this people too. Mdk, for example, is still on Gnome
2.6 and will be till July probably. And even when it releases a new version, many ppl won't
upgrade immediately. There's also a lot of ppl still using Fedora 2. So, that was the reason,
basically.

Cheers!
J.V.



	
	
		
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