[Pan-users] Re: Is GTK 3 supported?

[Petr Kovar]

Hi!

Duncan, Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:17:24 +0000 (UTC):

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> But I'm not a dev and while I do run an experimental live-git build of
> pan from khaley's testing branch, I've not updated since just after
> 0.134, and I don't recall seeing anything about gtk3 updates in commits
> previous to my last update, so I don't know what pan's current gtk3
> porting status might be or when it might be done.  However, I'm almost
> certain you'd need the live git version in any case, since I don't
> believe 0.134 supported it yet.
> 
> Perhaps Petr or KHaley will post with more explicit information.

There has been some work done by Charles back in 2009 in preparation for GTK
+ 3, then by K. Haley in 2010 with regard to the GTK+ 2.18 release and
pre-3.0 deprecations, if I recall correctly.

As GTK+ 2 is going to be supported for many years in upstream as well as
possibly in all the popular distributions, I don't believe we should be in a
hurry with that. GTK+ 3 may not be available on older
distributions/systems, but we still might want to continue supporting these
for some time. And last, but not least, it also depends on whether K. Haley
is going to work on it, or someone else would need to do the work.

Best,
Petr Kovar