Re: Is GTK+ a cross-platform toolkit ?

[tarnyko tarnyko net]

Hi Michael, 

"Years ago there were gtk runtime installers out and abotu and it was a
right mess.  Some apps would find it and run, others wouldn't.  A new
app would want to install a new runtime, and it would clobber the
existing install, breaking existing apps." 

Good point here, I personally just had the same problem when publishing my 
first GTK+3 win32 app. I relied on an installed runtime, but it was so 
random I ended up putting the binaries in the app's package ! 

No problem producing a pure .zip file then. The installer was only much more
work for such a minimal gain in all cases. 

Regards,
Tarnyko 

Michael Torrie writes: 

> On 03/04/2013 06:03 PM, tarnyko tarnyko net wrote:
> > (We're speaking policy here, but to support my point in technical terms :
> >  - my reusable GTK+3 build environment : 
> > http://www.tarnyko.net/repo/gtk3_build_system/ ;
> >  - sample bundle I have produced : http://www.tarnyko.net/en/?q=node/20) 
>
> So an officially-produced (or sanctioned) .zip file of GTK3 binaries
> would be useful.  However, a runtime installer would not be.  On Windows
> you should always ship the GTK binaries with your own executable.  In
> fact that's how the DLLs are designed to work on the Windows build of
> GTK.  Put the DLLs in the directory as your binary, and put all the
> support directories underneath this directory (lib, share, etc). 
>
> Years ago there were gtk runtime installers out and abotu and it was a
> right mess.  Some apps would find it and run, others wouldn't.  A new
> app would want to install a new runtime, and it would clobber the
> existing install, breaking existing apps.  The maintainer at the time
> rightly refused to get involved with this runtime installer nonsense,
> and continued to provide official zip files, which were very much
> appreciated.  Unfortunately, he had to move on and apply his time to
> other efforts in his life. 
>
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