Re: About dialog API



On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 05:04, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 02:59:16PM +0500, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:50:15AM +0100, martyn 2 russell bt com wrote:
> > > > > about box, are:
> > > > > 	 
> > > > > 	* license name
> > > > > 	* license / serial number
> > > > > 	* company  
> > > > > 	* company logo
> > > > 
> > > > I'd add the 'expires on' and 'build number' properties too to 
> > > > this list - they
> > > > are useful in commercial applications mostly.
> > > 
> > > Yea, I was going to mention build number, as I too use that.  The question
> > > is, should we expect this to be part of the version?
> > 
> > I think we shouldn't. Most vendors don't do that (and GtkAbout may at
> > some point may display version number in the window title - that would be 
> > confusing if it contained build number too).
> 
> Also we may wish to add license type (GPL/BSD/etc) property..

I'd suggest a "license-file" property, containing a text file's path.
The widget can pull in the file for a separate "License..." dialog. That
way we aren't restricted to licenses which exist now.

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