Re: Talking about the GUI

Ronald Bultje wrote:

> You're mis-reading this.
> 
> Gtk-1.2/Glib-1.2 were used as backend for GIMP-1.2, and thus, glib/gtk
> were ported to Win32 so GIMP could be used by win32 folks. This was 2000
> (and before).
> 
> 1-2 years ago, Glib-2.0 was released. Glib-2.0 was designed from the
> start with win32 compatibility in mind, so it never had to be ported.
> Even early betas ran fine under it. Same goes for Gtk-2.0. Both are used
> as backend for GIMP-1.3 (which will eventually be GIMP-2.0).
> 
> The comment means that the files included in those packages (2.0) are
> not compatible with the files included in glib-/gtk-1.2. That's why they
> can be installed together (versioned libraries). The packages aren't 3
> years old. Rather, glib-/gtk-2.2.3 was released only months ago.

OK, I've downloaded glib-2.3.1, gstreamer-0.7.3, pop-1.6.4 and 
gst-plugins-0.7.3
I'll see if I have any chance compiling it with MingW...