Re: Ripping out GLib bindings, depending on GLib

[Andreas Rottmann]

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 04 Dec 2003, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
>
>> 1) Is it reasonable for g-wrap to depend on GLib?
>
> I don't really think so, unless there's a dire need. In this case, I
> don't think it's necessary, as outlined in a mail to guile-gtk-general.
>
Yes, after some consideration and hacking around, I reached the same
conclusion.

>> 2) It's not possible combine usage of GLib 1.2 and 2.X. Since g-wrap
>>    comes with a GLib 1.2 binding (which is superceded by the GLib 2.X
>>    in guile-gobject). This means I either can't use GLib in the core
>>    g-wrap, if I want guile-gobject stay operational, or rip GLib
>>    binding stuff (along with the GTK+ 1.2 binding) out of g-wrap. I
>>    definitely favor the latter.
>
> Kill the (g-wrap internal) GLib binding. Don't even worry about it. GLib
> 1.2 has been outdated for years.
>
Already done.

>> While writing up 2), I wondered if this is a reasonable point for a
>> g-wrap version fork: Release g-wrap 1.3.4+fixes as g-wrap 1.4.0 and
>> start a 1.5 branch with my modifications/extensions. I guess it is not
>> feasible to drop the GLib 1.2 binding in the 1.3 series, since gnucash
>> (still) depends on it.
>
> I agree. But this depends on Rob. If we don't get a response, we're
> going to need to fork, I think. Rob: If you're swamped, consider (again)
> adding a co-maintainer. g-wrap is worth more as a live project than as a
> dead baby.
>
I had some discussion with him recently about the layout of the g-wrap
Arch master archive. He agreed on the version fork and I hope he
finishes setting the master archive up RSN, and once that's done I
hope things will speed up quite a bit. I also hope Rob gives me write
access to the master (e.g. via tla-pqm) once he has become comfortable
with dealing with the archive and my changes.

Regards, Rotty
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