On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Andrew Cowie <and...@operationaldynamics.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 12:06 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: >> I would very much like some reasoning to point people at when I tell >> them to use GtkApplication. I will not just hand-wave and say that >> people say it's good. > > GtkApplication is the GNOME 3.0 replacement for LibUnique, right? If so, > then fine; the developer can choose whether the single instance pattern > is appropriate for their application as before.
this is part of the problem here. GtkApplication was originally floated as something a bit different than "just" what libunique did. it increasingly feels as if it has morphed into nothing but a repalcement for it. this may or may not be true, but that's certainly the impression that discussions about it are creating. from my own perspective, i wanted GtkApplication to be something that would ease the task of integrating my app into "the desktop", whether that desktop was a freedesktop implementation or quartz (or windows). the functionality offered by libunique was (and is) of no interest to me at all. _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list