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[gtk-list] Re: GTK Patched Distributions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Main)
Mon Jul 28 23:33:34 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:34:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ian Main <slow@intergate.bc.ca>
To: gtk-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199707282343.BAA27829%timj@psynet.net>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Tim Janik wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Ian Main wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Jay Painter wrote:
> >
> > > I would be willing to keep a patched distribution of GTK, somewhat similar
> > > to www.linuxhq.com's way of dealing with patches. Does this sould like a
> > > good idea, or should I not go tring to maintain a patched GTK distribution
> > > out of the GIMP source tree?
> >
> > I like the idea, but I don't know how much my opinion is worth. I would
> > imagine that gtk will have to come out of gimp one of these days.. once
> > the gimp isn't the only application using gtk, it will become bothersome
> > to have to d/l gimp to compile some other app.
>
> i'd secaond that.
> also, having a separate dist of gtk+ gives the people on this list the
> opportunity to try out patches before they are incorporated into the gimp.
In the end, I would imagine it would be S & P's decision to change the
distribution method no ?
Ian
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