Re: Future plans for lablgtk
Fabrice Le Fessant <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:03:36 +0000
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--===============6698046766663826148== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a1142e360eb95b20554921d84" --001a1142e360eb95b20554921d84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le mar. 18 juil. 2017 =C3=A0 08:46, Jacques Garrigue < [email protected]> a =C3=A9crit : > Creating a new version is time consuming, and even harder now > that there is no official OCaml on Windows distribution, and it=E2=80=99s= been > a long time since the last release. Hi Jacques, Have you tried the OPAM on windows repository by openfd ? It's supposed to be used with Jonathan's installer, and it should actually work better than previous builds for Windows. I would be interested to know, as we stopped releasing ocpwin because of it ! Fabrice > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Hugo Herbelin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > From the point of view of Coq and of its lablgtk-based interface > > CoqIDE, Lablgtk is crucial. It is great as it is and we would > > similarly be happy with mainly maintenance and compatibility with the > > latest version of OCaml. > > > > Best, > > > > Hugo Herbelin > > > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 04:12:52PM +0200, Adrien Nader wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Lablgtk has been dormant for quite some time now and I think it's wort= h > >> thinking a bit about its future. > >> > >> As far as I'm concerned, GTK+3 has completely killed my motivation: it > >> changed many things, communicated poorly about them, was very clearly > >> meant for GNOME and JS or Python bindings, changed API and behaviour > >> regularly, ... > >> > >> In the future, the plan for GTK+ is to have a major release every 2 to= 3 > >> years. Each would take around 18 months to stabilize. It would then be > >> maintained until the following one becomes stable. > >> GTK+ 4 development has started a few months ago and will probably be > >> called stable in 6 to 12 months. > >> > >> I ask because I think it would be valuable to be able to mention a > >> status and a plan for the future so that people know what to expect: n= ew > >> developments, maintenance-only, ... > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> -- > >> Adrien > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Lablgtk-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Lablgtk-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list > _______________________________________________ > Lablgtk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list > --001a1142e360eb95b20554921d84 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">Le=C2=A0mar. 18 juil.= 2017 =C3=A0 08:46, Jacques Garrigue <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= goya-u.ac.jp">[email protected]</a>> a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:</div= ><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1= px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Creating a new version is time consuming, and even harder now<br> that there is no official OCaml on Windows distribution, and it=E2=80=99s b= een<br> a long time since the last</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">relea= se.</blockquote><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Hi Jacques,</= div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Have you tried the OPAM o= n windows repository by openfd ? It's supposed to be used with Jonathan= 's installer, and it should actually work better than previous builds f= or Windows. I would be interested to know, as we stopped releasing ocpwin b= ecause of it !</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Fabrice= =C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><blockq= uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc = solid;padding-left:1ex"><br> <br> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Hugo Herbelin <<a href=3D"mailto:Hugo.= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<= br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > From the point of view of Coq and of its lablgtk-based interface<br> > CoqIDE, Lablgtk is crucial. It is great as it is and we would<br> > similarly be happy with mainly maintenance and compatibility with the<= br> > latest version of OCaml.<br> ><br> > Best,<br> ><br> > Hugo Herbelin<br> ><br> > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 04:12:52PM +0200, Adrien Nader wrote:<br> >> Hi,<br> >><br> >> Lablgtk has been dormant for quite some time now and I think it= 9;s worth<br> >> thinking a bit about its future.<br> >><br> >> As far as I'm concerned, GTK+3 has completely killed my motiva= tion: it<br> >> changed many things, communicated poorly about them, was very clea= rly<br> >> meant for GNOME and JS or Python bindings, changed API and behavio= ur<br> >> regularly, ...<br> >><br> >> In the future, the plan for GTK+ is to have a major release every = 2 to 3<br> >> years. Each would take around 18 months to stabilize. It would the= n be<br> >> maintained until the following one becomes stable.<br> >> GTK+ 4 development has started a few months ago and will probably = be<br> >> called stable in 6 to 12 months.<br> >><br> >> I ask because I think it would be valuable to be able to mention a= <br> >> status and a plan for the future so that people know what to expec= t: new<br> >> developments, maintenance-only, ...<br> >><br> >> Best,<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Adrien<br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> Lablgtk-list mailing list<br> >> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target= =3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> >> <a href=3D"https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-li= st" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bi= n/listinfo/lablgtk-list</a><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Lablgtk-list mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a><br> > <a href=3D"https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list" = rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/li= stinfo/lablgtk-list</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Lablgtk-list mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"= >[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listi= nfo/lablgtk-list</a><br> </blockquote></div></div> --001a1142e360eb95b20554921d84-- --===============6698046766663826148== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Lablgtk-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/lablgtk-list --===============6698046766663826148==--