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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: pkg-config, glib2 etc.
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-03-17 17:23:28
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On Monday 17 March 2003 04:09, Mosfet wrote:
...
> I wonder if Qt would be willing to release these as a separate library
> under the LGPL? I think a lot of people would like to use it. People have
> attempted making packages with just this but they don't go anywhere without
> official support.
>
> Anyways, back to the point.

There is TinyQt which I found only some time ago, but of course it's GPL too:
http://www.uwyn.com/projects/tinyq/

...
> If things were truly desktop neutral and written in standard C, KDE
> developers would still be able to easily take an active role in it's
> development and maintence. If, on the other hand, they are based on
> non-standard libraries like glib the only people who will be able to parse
> the code are GTK and a very few KDE developers. This isn't right. You
> shouldn't have to learn both Qt and glib in order to understand *any *part
> of core KDE technology, although this seems to be what some people are
> expecting.
>
> Really, I do not think it is unreasonable at all to expect people who want
> to write desktop neutral software that is to be adopted by both projects to
> stick with standards. Standard C/C++, Posix, and X11. These are things most
> developers know and understand. I really feel that this actually should be
> a given and we shouldn't even have to have this debate. I know it's harder
> to write standard C/C++, like I said I'm always wishing I could use Qt

I can only agree to this .

I think there are enough people against having kdelibs depend on glib, that 
this should count as a "veto".

Bye
Alex
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