[Geany-devel] geany-plugins release GTK version / build fixes / NEWS

[Frank Lanitz]

On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:44:15 +0200
Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz at student.HTW-Berlin.de> wrote:

> On 07.09.2009 20:40, Frank Lanitz wrote:
> > On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:36:26 +0200
> > Thomas Martitz<thomas.martitz at student.HTW-Berlin.de>  wrote:
> >
> >> Enrico Tröger schrieb:
> >>      
> >>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:05:45 +0200, Frank wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:12:42 +0100
> >>>> Nick Treleaven<nick.treleaven at btinternet.com>  wrote:
> >>>>> Just wondering about some things for plugins in the
> >>>>> geany-plugins release. (This doesn't apply for any plugins in
> >>>>> SVN that aren't part of the release).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Should there be a common minimum version for GTK/GLib? I think
> >>>>> this might be a good idea.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> I agree. Should be the same as Geany's in my opinion.
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> Yes, please.
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> I don't think the main Geany app should force plugin writers on any
> >> GTK/GLib version.
> >> It should be possible for the author/maintainer to use newer
> >> versions if he thinks the new functions make it easier for him to
> >> maintain it, or if they make the plugin better or something.
> >>
> >> But that all doesn't work since the plugins are combined to a
> >> single package. They should built together, which basically
> >> implies a minimum GTK/GLib version. I think it doesn't necessarily
> >> have to be the minimum versions Geany uses.
> >>      
> >
> > I'm afraid this might will cause some more confusion on user's side
> > as he e.g. can compile Geany on its outdate Debian/Fedora/foo but
> > cannot build the plugins.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Frank
> 
> You mean if he didn't realize that geany and geany-plugins are
> separate software (suites)?

Yes. From my thinking, the user is not seeing a big difference between
this both.

Cheers, 
Frank
-- 
http://frank.uvena.de/en/
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