Re: gtk3 planning

[Sven Herzberg <herzi gnome-de org>]

Hi,

Am Freitag, den 25.06.2010, 14:12 -0400 schrieb Colin Walters:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Matthias Clasen
> <matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> > Fwiw, a big motivation for all the sealing business was to make it
> > possible that GTK3 _can_ move faster and incorporate more new stuff
> > without the need for disruptive ABI breaks.
> 
> Can say davidz's RI stuff land post-3.0?  Can "Full support for MPX
> and multitouch devices."  Can "Revamp/rewrite the entire theming
> system."?

As someone who took an in-depth look at the code, yes, the RI stuff can
land in 3.x after 3.0. It would bring quite some new deprecations but in
3.0 or later it would at least not break the ABI like it did with the
2.x series.

AFAIK, the MPX/MT stuff can be done as well (just like multi-display
support got added during GTK+ 2.x). For the theming, Carlos said that
for his work, a smooth migration would be possible as well.

Regards,
  Sven