[Nix-dev] GTK versioning

[Eelco Dolstra]

Michael Raskin wrote:

> Eelco Dolstra wrote:
>> I think we should get of gtk-libs, since it doesn't make a lot of sense anymore
>> (if it ever did).  GTK, Glib etc. don't really have a coordinated release
>> schedule AFAIK.  So we should just have
>> pkgs/development/libraries/{gtk,glib,atk,pango,...}/<version>.nix.
> 
>> Comments?
> 
> ATK's home is not on gtk.org, so it is not a real gtk-lib.. This time we
> had glib -> gtk -> gnome releases in one week timeframe (and it looks
> like in-GNOME coordination!), so maybe we need just to merge with GNOME.
> On the other hand, current gtk-libs are libraries that are best updated
> together (and usually needed together).

Well, it can lead to code duplication.  E.g. you could have the same
version/expression of Pango in gtk-libs-N.NN and gtk-libs-M.MM.

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