From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04F9138454 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9C24E090F; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:22:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com (mail-ig0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5982E08FE for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igbni9 with SMTP id ni9so22080814igb.0 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=XSHRU7KA6Nr5WusWT/PbhwDoNEUYOh4xqi1zQFsSmwo=; b=hPZnlCwot/TMwerJx5Y9CTs7cUm8v+U1sV/TcDGr2hCbibxLi9olkXYjtLlXYne/kJ g6NFLmUzFxRkqVq4FGfuRGvmsyBkLOtxpxZlecNBsjIDAeeK1ZgGIgAbZvsErJ6ZuhUJ X52/jEvywuH/UNnwzKqSwFeKS64qXWTQH2SDanLT8fixne+BGKipeSKjNKkeo650Ouhf X+98gT+b5m2/NWA/kbbOZerIy6ROazuo+POhCgqdv9Ja7YmoJ6Wn+0b0k4uCE6xB1MYr gkPlIthy7V/1lX7xcWIRHzJTfb/Q8DpXhiUgTxLk9eRT5vxfZHFpUUW0/Y6dnJGvAw9x ok2Q== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.29.101 with SMTP id j5mr8552430igh.70.1441909358970; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.103.70 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:22:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55F1C671.1030002@gentoo.org> References: <55EFDEC7.1070403@gentoo.org> <20150910124641.GB6567@greenbeast> <20150910150716.5a843cc7.mgorny@gentoo.org> <2405010.0JSpNPP3XQ@note> <55F1B687.4030604@gentoo.org> <55F1C671.1030002@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:22:38 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PFng-l_qo1TzufawXUH61VffvHc Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] www-client/chromium gtk3 support From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 93502968-b366-4013-a49c-443f2e7888c1 X-Archives-Hash: 860eb238d3029093880f79faf3bba9b5 On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:05 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 09/10/2015 07:17 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> >>> Given the fact that we are short on manpower and that most part of the >>> linux ecosystem is moving towards gtk3... there has been no good >>> argument to support a toolkit version - that is (about to be) deprecated >>> - for exotic corner use cases that people tried to come up with in the >>> heat of the argument. >>> >> >> So, my issue is really with the proposition that we need a "good >> argument" to support a toolkit version in the first place. >> > > Because: > a) the gnome maintainers already said they are not interested in > supporting it indefinitely (they are the maintainers of gtk+ as well) I was not suggesting that anybody be forced to maintain gtk2 itself. However, I don't see any efforts underway to remove it right now. gtk2 isn't actually deprecated in Gentoo. If it were then I'd look at things differently. If the day comes when nobody wants to maintain gtk2 in the tree, then it will have to go. If a single developer or proxy wants to maintain it and does so, then it can stay. And nothing in portage will be supported "indefinitely." -- Rich