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List:       gnome
Subject:    Re: gnome changes
From:       Shaun McCance <shaunm () gnome ! org>
Date:       2008-05-01 18:21:56
Message-ID: 1209666118.18314.5.camel () shaunmlx
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On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 05:57 +0300, Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote:
> Throughout the last two gnome releases, I have noticed that less
> applications use gnomeprintui and more use gtkprint. There is also the
> gnome-vfs to gvfs/gio migration. I also noticed that less application
> use libgnomeui.
> I have a few questions.
> 
> Are there plans to move the rest of the applications such as gnome-games
> and gnome-utils from gnomeprintui to gtkprint?
> 
> What about gnomecanvas? Can applications be ported to directly use cairo
> instead? Is that possible? Does this require changes to gtk+ can this be
> application specific?

The general push is to kill off libgnome, libgnoeui,
libgnomecanvas, libgnomeprint, and libgnomeprintui.
It's not an instant process.  See:

http://live.gnome.org/ProjectRidley

As for the canvas, there have been a lot of recent
discussions about how best to implement a new canvas
inside GTK+.  See, for example, Havoc's post:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2008-March/msg00017.html

--
Shaun


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