Re: [gnome-love] Latest Stable Versions

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 21:38, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:12:36PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > Where can I find the latest stable versions of Gnome components such as 
> > glib, gtk_, etc.? Ok, I'm new to application development in Gnome. I've 
> > got Havoc Pennington's book, but it's convenient to ask.
>
> OK, there is good news and bad news here...
>
> First the bad news: Havoc's book was written for GTK+ 1.2 and GNOME 1.x
> applications. Since then, we have moved onto GTK+ 2.0 and GNOME 2.0. So
> there has been some movement forwards since the time of that book. At
> the present time, there is no published equivalent of GGAD (although a
> few people are saying they will write one if they have time).
>
> The good news is that the book is still moderately useful if you are new
> to GLib/GTK+/GNOME development. However, after reading parts of the
> book, you then need to have a look at
> http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/porting-guide/ and read what has
> changed between the two versions.

Something that would be really helpful, too, as you proceed: keep notes
and give feedback on what isn't clear in the process, as super-Malcolm
and others are trying to improve the available documentation for stuff
like this. Others who follow can then benefit from your efforts.

Cheers,
John
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