| ID: | 5093 |
| From: | rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Thu, 19 Aug 2021 05:43:28 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] gtk4 conclusion (was: Re: long term plans: HIDs, sdl, gtk4 (fundrising or contribution)) |
| in-reply-to: | 5092 from Bdale Garbee <bd...@gag.com> |
On Wed, 18 Aug 2021, Bdale Garbee wrote: >rnd2@igor2.repo.hu writes: > >> Majenko, Bdale, anyone else who think they prefer gtk4 over sdl? > >Donation made on behalf of Altus Metrum, LLC. > >Keith and I aren't exactly in love with gtk, either, but after talking >it through, we think having gtk4 as a primary supported gui hid for >pcb-rnd and related tools going forward makes good sense. > >Bdale Thank you! With the donations from Erich, Altus Metrum (Bdale and Keith) and Miloh, my time after the NGI0 is allocated on the gtk4 effort. In the NGI0 the last big task still unfinished is the toporouter. It is expected to end before end of October. So it is very likely that the gtk4 effort starts in early November. With whatever version of gtk that seems to be the newest that is getting into distros at that moment - probably some gtk4.3.*. I expect the result would be a gtk4_gl hid in librnd. We will also keep the gtk2 hids and the lesstif hid, so this is no risk to the other GUI options. If you prefer the libsdl2 idea, don't worry: I will still need to write the sdl HID some time after the gtk4 effort, because gtk4 won't offer viable software render. With gtk4 the risk of falling out from major distros with gtk2 will be resolved. Best regards, Igor2
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