Re: [Gaim-devel] Gnome 2.0 Applet stuff

[Nathan W. <fac...@fa...>]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 04:33:00PM -0400, John Palmieri wrote:
> The problem with going with a partial port (#ifdef GTK2) is that the
> build scripts are still searching for 1.0 macros.  I don't see Gnome 2.0
> as bugg apart from some of the behaviors of individual apps.  I do see
> it as a lot faster(and nicer looking) than 1.0 expecialy Nautilus.  And
> Gaim would be mostly Gtk+ which has been 2.0 longer than the Gnome
> libs.  Also the Gtk+2.0 API and build scripts are just more sain.  Many
> people have refused to switch to 2.0 until their favorite apps and
> applets appear on the platform.  A chicken and the egg problem at best.=
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> To this end someone even mentioned Gaim on Slashdot as a deciding factor
> for switching.=20
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> How about this.  I temporarily fork Gaim, rewrite the build scripts and
> proceed to get it to compile on my pure 2.0 machine.  At some point it
> becomes usable I show you guys, you sign off on it if you like it and it
> is released as a intermediate 2.0 build.  At some point in the future
> when Gtk/Gnome 2.0 is blessed as usable the codebases can merge.  I know
> forking can be bad for a project but that is usualy when done after a
> big flame fest :-).  Tell me what you think.=20

=2E/configure --enable-gtk2

It works, for the most part, last time I checked.  I think any work you
want to do in this area can be contained in the existing framework.
Remember, however, that the developers are currently re-writing large
sections of code, including the UI, getting it ready for Gtk-2.0, among
other things.=20

I would suggest joining us in #gaim on irc.openprojects.net, and
discussing things there.

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