Re: portint gui-tools to the current libs

"Michael G. Zinner" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.mycc
Organization MySQL AB
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Farkas,

Farkas Levente wrote:
> --- cut ---
> - it's written in a few years old gtkmm-2.0. the curernt version is 2.8. 
> it seems to be possible to change it to gtkmm-2.4, but it's not compile 
> just only after a few patches to the source.
> - it's written in a few years old libsigc-1.2. the current is 2.0. here 
> the situation is worst. it can't be switched what's more i try to use 
> the compatibility part of the new libsigc++, but there is a few place 
> when it's not working.

We are well aware of these issues and have been discussing them for 
quite a while. It is very important to get the tools into the most 
recent distros and make it convenient for people to compile the tools 
themselfs.


> i already spend more than a day with it.

The problem is that porting everything is a huge task and given the 
limited resources we have we were not able to do so in the past. And if 
we upgrade to the latest libs now, we have to do it again in a year from 
now. Even if the new libs give us nothing worth upgrading in terms of 
stability and functionality. So we really need to find a permanent 
solution for this.


> so my questions:
> - is anybody working on porting these apps to the latest libs?
> - or better make it works both with the new and the old libs?

We have started to look into this but did not make much progress yet.


> - do it myself and send the patches? can we make it together?
> - if there are some cvs or other development version of these apps, so 
> can i start from there?

We do welcome patches but there are some limitations on the copyright 
stuff, the same thing as for the server. But I guess the first major 
step needs to be done from our side so it fits with our current 
development and your patches can be permanently included.


> thanks in advance.
> yours.

Thanks for pushing for it. It is very important and the more people we 
get requesting it the sooner this will happen.

We will keep you updated on the status of this.

Best regards from Vienna,
Mike
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