--NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi, I've just got this mail (sent to all debian maintainers with packages depending on gtkglarea). Just FYI, or in case you have an opinion on it :) Michael --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <mmagallo@debian.org> Envelope-to: mbanck@localhost Delivery-date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:15:14 +0200 Received: from blackbird.oase.mhn.de ([127.0.0.1] helo=localhost) by blackbird.oase.mhn.de with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 195RDN-0006cQ-03 for <mbanck@localhost>; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:15:14 +0200 X-Flags: 0000 Delivered-To: GMX delivery to mbanck@gmx.net Received: from pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.1.2) for mbanck@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:15:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 6991 invoked by uid 65534); 15 Apr 2003 14:11:19 -0000 Received: from master.debian.org (EHLO master.debian.org) (65.125.64.135) by mx0.gmx.net (mx015-rz3) with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 16:11:19 +0200 Received: from ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.211.1] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 195R9W-0004iP-00; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:11:14 -0500 Received: from wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (wwwvis [129.69.215.162]) by ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (8.9.3p2/2.2) with ESMTP id QAA19116; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from techno.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (magallon@techno.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.215.24]) by wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (8.11.6/2.2) with SMTP id h3FEBAj20271; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:10 +0200 Received: by techno.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:10 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:10 +0200 From: "Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@debian.org> To: Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>, Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>, Noel Koethe <noel@debian.org>, Paolo Molaro <lupus@debian.org>, Sven Luther <luther@debian.org>, Marek Habersack <grendel@debian.org>, Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>, Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>, Eduardo Marcel Macan <macan@debian.org> Cc: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> Subject: Trying to get rid of gtkglarea Message-ID: <20030415141110.GA14761@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: Linux techno 2.4.21-pre7 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-GMX-Antivirus: -1 (not scanned, may not use virus scanner) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Hi people, you are getting this email because you maintain a package that depends on gtkglarea, which I maintian. Can you look into porting your package to gtkglext? gtkglarea is GTK+ 1.2 and there is *no* GTK+ 2 port of gtkglarea (no matter what the description of gtkgl2 says). gktgl2 is a failed experiment. Back when I created the package it looked as if it was going to be a maintained piece of software, which is most definitely not the case. gtkglext OTOH has a responsive maintainer who has a clue regarding OpenGL. gtkgl2 works, but there's no gurantee that that's going to be the case in the future. To avoid misunderstandings, this is a *poll*, not a warning of things to come. As long as there's need for gtkglarea, I'll keep it arround. Same time goes for gtkgl2. TIA, Marcelo --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--