Hey, So I noticed from the following page -
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/sfwnv/sfw_content_nv_36 that SFW includes glib 1.2.10 and gtk+ 1.2.10. From PSARC 2001/804, I note that these are currently marked as 'Contracted External'. I'd like to propose that these get EOL'd during the Nevada timeframe for the following reasons - o GTK+ 1.2.10 and Glib 1.2.10 are now several years old. They are unsupported by the community, and there will be no more new releases of these libraries. The newer versions are *significantly* better both in terms of stability, support, internationalization, accessibility, etc.. and we should encourage their use. o A quick scan of /usr/sfw using ldd suggests that there is nothing currently linking with them o Alan Coopersmith mentioned that the only 2 contracts that he recalled were Netscape and Xscreensaver. Netscape has mostly gone away to be replaced with Mozilla/Firefox which links against GTK+/Glib 2.x. Xscreensaver currently links against GTK+/Glib 2.x now as well. I do have the following concerns - o Things in the companion CD *may* link against these libraries. I don't have the companion CD contents installed on my system so I haven't checked o Bits on softdist [an internal location for software] may also link against these libraries? o Relatively popular external software like XMMS/EMACS may still depend on these libraries, and cause undue hassle to those who want to build and use them. thoughts? Glynn
