svn commit: r472232 - in head/x11-toolkits/wxgtk31: . files

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:58:53AM -0700, Yuri wrote:
> On 06/12/18 04:34, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > Can we have both GTK+2/3 support?  OPTION would be nice.  I have a port
> > that was blocked by lack of wxgtk31, but GTK+3 is a no-go for me.:-(
> 
> If to make Gtk2 vs. Gtk3 choice to be a flavor, so that individual ports
> would be able to select the flavor, this would be impossible. wxWidgets
> isn't designed to be concurrently installed for Gtk2/Gtk3. There are
> files that wxWidgets installs that aren't labeled with "gtkN", and there
> obviously would be conflicts between the packages if they would choose
> different flavors.

I'll let mat@ to comment here since he suggested flavors (which I have
nothing against, I just don't know whether flavors can be mutually
conflicting, etc.).

> If to make Gtk2 vs. Gtk3 choice to be a port option, then virtually all
> users would just stay with Gtk3, because there would be no reasons
> functionality-wise to choose Gtk2. So you would likely be the only user
> of the Gtk2 option, and this option would not be for the benefit of users.

I doubt that I would be the only one, that's rather bold statement to make.
Regardless of that, however, I fail to understand why "option would not be
for the benefit of users".  Even if most users prefer Gtk3, make it the
default.  Problem solved.  Right now it reads as "fuck you gtk2'ers". :-(

> If you just want to use wxWidgets for the port, you only need to set
> USE_WX=3.1, and then use ${WX_CONFIG} and ${WXRC_CMD} to configure the
> project. If some project hard-codes the config name executables, this
> is a bug in that project.

No, this is not the case, they use some API functions which are not
available in 3.0, that's why I was not abale to update it before 3.1
hit the tree.

> Gtk2/Gtk3 choice is nicely abstracted away from the users, and there
> should be no reason to break this abstraction and bring the gtk notion
> into the ports using wxWidgets.

I don't understand.  How do you mean?  Can I run wxWidgets ports without
Gtk+ at all?

./danfe