Hi Albrecht:
On 09/06/2016 03:57:51 PM Tue, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
Hi Peter:
Am 05.09.16 00:48 schrieb(en) Peter Bloomfield:
I don't know the difference between libwebkit2gtk-3.0 and libwebkit2gtk-4.0;
the webkit2 API was unstable during development, so perhaps libwebkit2gtk-3.0
signifies an unstable version. I don't recall whether Balsa depended on any
part of the API that changed during development; if not, it would probably
build against the libwebkit2gtk-3.0 package, but I can't test that. Perhaps
someone could test the current Balsa gtk3 branch in Ubuntu trusty.
I just installed Trusty in a VM and will check if it compiles asap, stay tuned
(until next weekend, I hope)...
In a separate test, I already installed Debian Wheezy in a VM - and Balsa does
*not* compile as gtk functions which are not available in 3.4.0 (our minimum
requirement) are used.
Sigh--I try to keep those ifdef'd out! Where does the build fail?
Thinking again about the minimum requirements, I meanwhile doubt if we should
actually be *that* strict regarding those older Debian-based systems. I know
several people running Debian oldstable /servers/ (where it makes sense, if the
setup is complex, and server downtime is critical), but not desktops.
Likewise, I know a few very conservative users who upgrade their Ubuntu desktop
to the latest LTS only 6-12 months after the release.
Thus, as we only focus on desktop users, the minimum requirements could be those for
Debian stable (Jessie), and the /previous/ Ubuntu LTS (Trusty). Basically, this
would mean that glib >= 2.40 (instead of 2.32) and gtk >= 3.10 (instead of 3.4)
is required. It might be helpful if some of the newer functions could be used.
What do you think?
That would be helpful. We have some version-checks for gtk 3.8 and 3.10, and
glib 2.35, so those could be cleaned up. Also, if the functions that are
problematic in the 3.4 build are available in 3.10, that issue would go away :-)
Maybe we could dump a warning from configure when webkit is selected,
Yes, that seems like the least we could do...
I like your patch ()... :-) Just a little nitpicking: configure --help still
says
--with-html-widget=(no|gtkhtml4|webkit|webkit2)
select the HTML renderer (default webkit)
Ouch! Will fix...
Thanks for all the feedback!
Peter
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