Re: Is GTK+ a cross-platform toolkit ?

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 05/03/13 11:50, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> hi;
>
> On 5 March 2013 11:32,  <tarnyko tarnyko net> wrote:
> > OK, as a majority of people seem to be interested, here is what I will do :
> > 1) Produce binaries of following GTK+3 versions :
> > - 3.4.1 "stable" (http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libgtk-3-0, Debian
> > Wheezy provides 3.4.2 so we are safe) ;
> > - 3.6.4 "development" (last one).
> > 2) Package them as .zip files. I will use the same layout as existing GTK+2
> > .zip files, except for the .spec file which I don't use.
> > 3) Put them, and the corresponding build environments, online. Give links so
> > you folks can download and test them.
> > I will post a new message here when it's ready. Should not be too long.
>
> thanks, much appreciated.
>
> one of the main issues with regards to building binaries for Windows
> up until now has been testing/QA: we simply don't have enough people
> checking that things don't break during a development cycle — as well
> as helping out in fixing bugs. Dieter has been very helpful (everyone
> using gtk on win32 should buy him a beer), but he's alone and doing
> this on his spare time. help during development ensures that less work
> is needed during packaging, and less grief is experienced by toolkit
> and application developers both.
>
> having the build scripts in git.gnome.org would also help minimize the
> fragmentation; bonus point if build scripts allow cross-compilation
> from a Linux host to a Windows build.
>
> if we get a reliable way of building the GTK stack DLLs, we can
> certainly start pushing them on the website for others to use; I feel
> like this discussion has been started so many times (and has been
> thoroughly derailed by the usual "we need a global installer/we need
> just the built DLLs" arguments), it's no wonder that people feel
> discouraged or think that nobody cares about GTK on Windows.

I agree.

I think what we need is an installer "template" which we offer on the 
website.

We should also be clear about why we offer a template with an FAQ to 
cover these points that are constantly being asked here.

I could even dig up an old template for GTK+2 from somewhere using Inno 
Setup, which worked quite well for me back in the day:

  http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

But let's not turn this discussion into "the installer" :)

I have quite some experience with win32 builds from the past and could 
easily come up with web site side of things... I maintain that part anyway,

--
Regards,
Martyn

Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH.