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Re: [platform-dev] [platform-swt-dev] SWT-GTK3 bugs for 4.9
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On 06/08/2018 10:23 AM, Robert Zenz wrote> I guess I still can't wrap
my head around the idea to have GTK+ releases being deprecated the moment they
have stabilized, and practically only getting 2 years of stable life out of a
release. That is still a thought that is absolutely insane to me.
Are you referring to "interim" GTK3 releases like GTK3.16/3.18/3.20?
In a perfect world we could support all of these versions. But with the
limited manpower we have combined with the volatility of GTK3 API
pre-GTK3.22, this is not feasible. There is no point (in fact it's even
detrimental) to spend time fixing older GTK3 bugs in SWT when they have
already been fixed in a newer, more stable GTK3 version.
Why Ubuntu decided to pick GTK3.18 for an LTS release is questionable,
but ultimately out of my control. And now with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS out
there are other options for 16.04 users. I am also open to reviewing
patches that fix bugs for individual GTK3 versions, and in fact there
have been some cases of this already. [1] However from my POV, new
development efforts will only target bugs that affect GTK3.22.
1: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=533241
Eric
