Subject: Re: Removal of gaim-gtk1
To: Rafal Boni <rafal@pobox.com>
From: Dave <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/23/2003 00:18:58
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Rafal Boni wrote:

> In message <20030723010855.5d0cbf63.jmmv@menta.net>, you write: 
> 
> -> Hi all,
> -> 
> -> it seems to me that gaim-gtk1 (the 0.59 version) is obsolete, while the
> -> gtk2 branch is beeing developed quickly.  Is it there any objection if
> -> I remove the old one from pkgsrc?
> 
> Heh, I just updated to 0.64nb3 today and I find that I miss the panel applet 
> already (though the new UI does look very slick and there look to be some
> nice things added...).  I may be the only person who misses this, as nobody
> seemed to have pkg-ized it before I got there :-)
> 
> Apparently, the 0.60+ applet requires the gnome2 panel (or KDE3.1), so I'd
> need to wholesale update my gnome-1.4 based desktop with gnome2 to actually
> get that support back (I may try this on my fast dual-CPU box, but on my
> laptop even "make print-run-depends-list" in pkgsrc/x11/gnome-panel takes
> an unbearably long time :-/).
> 
> If it *is* possible to have some panel integration with the new gaim and
> gnome < 2.0, I'll happily drop my objection, though.

I second this.  When I noticed Gaim >.59 appear in pkgsrc, I installed it,
then put back the old one.

-- 
David Griffith
dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu