[Lazarus] Announcement: Phasing out gtk1

[Michael Van Canneyt]

Hi,

Are you aware that the lazarus in ubuntu still is compiled with GTK 1 ?
Should this not be changed ?

Michael.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Vincent Snijders wrote:

> Since Lazarus 0.9.28 the gtk2 widget set has replaced the gtk1 widget set as 
> default widget set on Linux and FreeBSD. The Lazarus team has decided to 
> minimize the effort to support the gtk1 widget set, so we can focus on 
> stabilizing more used widget sets.
>
> We want to review all open bug reports for gtk1. If the issue is also present 
> when using the gtk2 widget set, the issue will be marked as such. If it is 
> not present with gtk2 such issues will be resolved with resolution 
> "suspended". Patches to fix such issues are still welcome, but new bug 
> reports for the gtk1 widget set are only accepted, if they contain a patch to 
> fix it.
>
> Help from the community with cleaning up the bug tracker is appreciated. If 
> you test an gtk1 issue with gtk2, please leave your findings as a note in the 
> bug reporter.
>
> The Lazarus developers will try not to break the current gtk1 widget set, but 
> will not actively develop new features for it.
>
> Vincent
>
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