Le 28/06/10 11:56, Xavier Claessens a écrit :
Hello GLib devs,
I upgraded to latest glib, and I discover that GCompletion is now
deprecated. Empathy was using it to complete the nickname when hitting
TAB in chatrooms.
I see nothing to replace that API... am I supposed to copy/paste its
code ins
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
>
> 2) If all unmaintained code should be deprecated with no replacement,
> what do we have left in glib/gtk? Probably not that much...
That sort of comments has no place here, and hardly helps people feel
any sympathy for your current
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
> 1) I can think a bazillion of UIs that do/should have completion.
the fact that nobody implemented them using GCompletion should give a
hint that: a) this is not a shared opinion and b) it probably wasn't
possible with GCompletion.
>
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 14:49 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
>
> > 1) I can think a bazillion of UIs that do/should have completion.
>
> the fact that nobody implemented them using GCompletion should give a
> hint that: a) this is not a sh
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:49:48 +0100
Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> the fact that nobody implemented them using GCompletion should give a
> hint that: a) this is not a shared opinion and b) it probably wasn't
> possible with GCompletion.
That's not quite true, several applications use GCompletion, just
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 17:58 +0200, Salvatore De Paolis wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:49:48 +0100
> Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
>
> > the fact that nobody implemented them using GCompletion should give a
> > hint that: a) this is not a shared opinion and b) it probably wasn't
> > possible with GCompl
Am Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:28:47 +0100
schrieb Emmanuele Bassi :
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 17:58 +0200, Salvatore De Paolis wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:49:48 +0100
> > Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> >
> > The issue isn't really about deprecating some code but instead not
> > providing the alternative
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 16:24 +0100, Martyn Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 14:49 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
> >
> > > 1) I can think a bazillion of UIs that do/should have completion.
> >
> > the fact that nobody implemented
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:26:47 +0200 Xavier Claessens wrote:
> 1) I can think a bazillion of UIs that do/should have completion.
Personally, I'd find GNOME-Do style "completion" totally awesome [1]. I
don't know if it's feasible to have something like that at a low level
in the stack, but the thoug
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 18:43 +0200, Christian Dywan wrote:
> > and, again, there is this false impression that deprecation is akin to
> > removal.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > you can either #undef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED for the files that use
> > these particular data structures, or copy gcompletion.[ch
ting the same type of code? Of
course this is beyond what is offered on the base platforms themselves.
Thanks for reading my rant,
Shawn
> Subject: Re: Why is GCompletion deprecated
> From: eba...@gmail.com
> To: gtk-devel-list@gnome.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:59:47 +0100
Le 28/06/10 15:48, Bastien Nocera a écrit :
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
2) If all unmaintained code should be deprecated with no replacement,
what do we have left in glib/gtk? Probably not that much...
That sort of comments has no place here, and hardly helps pe
Le 28/06/10 15:49, Emmanuele Bassi a écrit :
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:26 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
1) I can think a bazillion of UIs that do/should have completion.
the fact that nobody implemented them using GCompletion should give a
hint that: a) this is not a shared opinion and b) i
Le lundi 28 juin 2010 à 21:25 +0200, Xavier Claessens a écrit :
> How could I come up with a better API if:
> 1) You don't tell what's wrong with current?
> 2) You keep repeating completion is not used by app, and barely used
> code shouldn't be included in GLib? If that was true, even a better AP
Le 28/06/10 18:46, Emmanuele Bassi a écrit :
a 2 minutes API review of GCompletion:
• g_completion_new(): not bindable; requires at least a new version
with a GDestroyNotify function for language bindings.
• the GCompletionFunc doesn't have a data parameter, making it
unbindable.
•
Am Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:59:47 +0100
schrieb Emmanuele Bassi :
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 18:43 +0200, Christian Dywan wrote:
>
> > > and, again, there is this false impression that deprecation is
> > > akin to removal.
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > you can either #undef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED for th
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 08:49 +0200, Christian Dywan wrote:
> > > One has to wonder where this "false impression" is coming from. Is
> > > it by any chance because there are loads of bugs and wiki pages
> > > about using G_DISABLE_FOOBAR and not relying on deprecated code?
> >
> > it's a maintainer
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