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[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 03:17:27PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 01:37:25PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:47:20PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > > New Revision: 493853
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/493853
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > >   wxGTK3.0: switch to gtk3 and webkit2
> > 
> > Ouch.  This is pretty big regression for me.  How about providing
> > two flavors of wxGTK ports so I can link my stuff against gtk20?
> 
> it is hard to maintain those toolkits, gtk20 is on the way to die
> you know,

It's certainly not, are you confusing it with gtk12? ;-)

> flavors could be provided but at the price of hard and heavy
> maintenance which I don't want on such ports. Webkit1 is deprecated
> and forbidden now, and a gtk2 flavor will require that.

I've thought Webkit support is optional; gtk20 flavor could just be
offered without this, admittedly useless, option.

> trying to save dead projects (gtk20 is at a dead end) is not the best
> way to help the project, looking forward is the way to go

Most of my desktop software stack is gtk20-based, it's a very popular
toolkit and I see no reasons for it to go.  It's very stable and asks
for very little maintenance.  If gnome@, you, or whoever does not want
to maintain it, I'll gladly pick it up.

./danfe