Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Mar 2009 16:48 UTC
The GTK+ guys have released GTK+ 2.16. As always, this new release is source and binary compatible with the previous GTK+ release. In case you don't know: "GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites."
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2008-03-08
There seems to be little excitement about this release, so a question: What are its major benefits apart from a step towards GTK3?
Does it ad new featuers that allow new things to be done? is it faster? Better integration with Windows?
Incremental updates of software are good, but I had expected there to be some enthusiasm at the release of such an important toolkit. Instead it took a few days for any site to report its release. Weird.
(btw, I am not complaining, just nonplussed.)
A further question, will the next Major release of GTK be GTK 3, or will there be like a GTK2.18 first?
Edited 2009-03-16 21:05 UTC
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There seems to be little excitement about this release, so a question: What are its major benefits apart from a step towards GTK3?
This release has nothing to do with GTK+ 3.0. Development for GTK+ 3.0 takes place in different branches, for example:
http://live.gnome.org/GTK+/NewThemeApi/Hackfest/Branches
Does it ad new featuers that allow new things to be done? is it faster? Better integration with Windows?
It's linked in the article:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2009-March/msg00075.html
Section "What's new in GTK+ 2.16".
A further question, will the next Major release of GTK be GTK 3, or will there be like a GTK2.18 first?
Since there will be at least GNOME 2.26 (on wednesday) and GNOME 2.28 before GNOME 3.0 (AFAIK), I assume that there will be a GTK 2.18 release, too. (usually 6 months release cycle)
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2007-02-17
FTA:
GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary software, without any license fees or royalties. GTK+ is the only 100% free-of-cost open source industrial-strength GUI toolkit available today.
Is that claim entirely correct? I have no qualms with the first sentence ... but isn't the latest release of Qt (Qt 4.5 and later, and also Qt Creator) also licensed under the LGPL license?
Did I read that wrong, or are the GTK+ authors trying to claim that Qt and Qt Creator somehow do not qualify as an "open source industrial-strength GUI toolkit"?
Obligatory supporting links:
http://dot.kde.org/2009/03/03/qt-software-releases-lgpled-qt-45-and...
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9076_Qt_45-Qt_Creator_and_...
Edited 2009-03-17 03:42 UTC
RE: Is the linked article still accurate?
by Rahul on Tue 17th Mar 2009 04:50 UTC
in reply to "Is the linked article still accurate?"
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