Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] libffi, GTK3

[r . 3]

for your information I am actually using gtk2 on mingw-cross-env. Potential 
user of gtk3 in the future?
If that helps :-)
William

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De: "LM" <address@hidden>
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Envoyé: Mardi 27 Mars 2012 16:47:44
Objet: Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] libffi, GTK3

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Tony Theodore <address@hidden> wrote:
> I don't think there are many gtk users on the list, it's never been
> clear if the static builds actually work well for larger applications
> (and I don't use it myself). With the new multi-target framework,
> we'll probably drop the static build and add support for dynamic
> versions of both 2 and 3. I don't recall any major issues with v3 the
> last time I looked [1] (but it was some time ago).

At this point, I'm actually very happy to hear there aren't that many
gtk+ users on the list.  Was looking into building some of the gtk+ 3
libraries (dynamically at this point) for Windows and hitting issues.
The glib web page seems very encouraging about reporting bugs
(http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.30/glib-resources.html).  However,
the truth is very far from that.  I found the support very negative
towards Windows developers and anything but helpful.  They did not
seem at all interested in making any patches to make sure a library
compiled out-of-the-box for Windows development.  I don't use gtk+ for
my own development, but I compile a lot of other Open Source projects
from scratch.  I am seriously looking into avoiding gtk+ applications
in the future and trying to work with more developer friendly
projects.

Sincerely,
Laura