Re: [arch-general] LightDM GTK+ Greeter 2.0.0
Hi all,
Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. This release drops GTK2 support.
Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into "lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. looking oxygen keep the gtk3 in AUR gtk3 only themes tend to use gtk3 and gtk2 only thend to use gtk or gtk2, I will preffer keep the 3 in the name. I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. Or Xfce4 users, the upcoming xfce4 release is gtk2, and only after that the migration to gtk3 will start. so a gtk2-greeter will be apreciated until xfce drop gtk2, and dont forget
That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. that LXDM is now presumably unmaintained or in low maintainance since they migrate to QT
If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll proceed with my proposal.
Me
Cheers,
-- *Pablo Lezaeta*
Am 25.02.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Pablo Lezaeta Reyes:
Hi all,
Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. This release drops GTK2 support.
That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. gtk3 already dropped support for theme engines, so fixing the xfce gtk3 engine would be wasted effort.
On 02/25/2015 04:52 PM, ProgAndy wrote:
Am 25.02.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Pablo Lezaeta Reyes:
Hi all,
Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. This release drops GTK2 support.
That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. gtk3 already dropped support for theme engines, so fixing the xfce gtk3 engine would be wasted effort.
No, they did not, that would be a feature for GTK+4. They just discourage people from using it and they keep telling them to just use css. I suppose you meant that gnome-themes-standard dropped the gtk+3 engine and you are right, simply because Adwaita doesn't require it anymore. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Armin K. <krejzi@email.com> wrote:
gtk3 already dropped support for theme engines, so fixing the xfce gtk3 engine would be wasted effort.
No, they did not, that would be a feature for GTK+4. They just discourage people from using it and they keep telling them to just use css. I suppose you meant that gnome-themes-standard dropped the gtk+3 engine and you are right, simply because Adwaita doesn't require it anymore.
Yeah, they did. GTK+ 3.15.0 and newer does not load theming engines anymore. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/NEWS#n517 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=4d9d655b4efe9fd23ad18449d3e45fb...
On 02/25/2015 04:33 PM, Pablo Lezaeta Reyes wrote:
Hi all,
Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. This release drops GTK2 support.
That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support.
From what I saw, it didn't drop it. It just disabled it by default, which makes sense given that the desktop is GTK+2 only and they don't want to unnecessary pull in the gtk+3 dep only for the engine.
Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into "lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. looking oxygen keep the gtk3 in AUR gtk3 only themes tend to use gtk3 and gtk2 only thend to use gtk or gtk2, I will preffer keep the 3 in the name. I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. Or Xfce4 users, the upcoming xfce4 release is gtk2, and only after that the migration to gtk3 will start. so a gtk2-greeter will be apreciated until xfce drop gtk2, and dont forget that LXDM is now presumably unmaintained or in low maintainance since they migrate to QT
If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll proceed with my proposal.
Me
Cheers,
-- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
participants (4)
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Armin K.
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Jan Alexander Steffens
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Pablo Lezaeta Reyes
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ProgAndy