GTK 3.0 was released in the 10th of February 2011 (15 years ago).
GTK 4.0 was released the 16th of December 2020 (5 years ago, and on my birthday).
I knew there were still applications using GTK 2 (are there some that use GTK 1 still?), but it is funny to me.
Well, better late than never, right?
gwenhael
Maybe it's a step on the way to GTK 4?
I've modernized a GTK 2 application and found that trying to jump straight to 4 was too big a step for me. Granted I had no experience with GTK but 2 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 4 made for smaller easier changes.
jmtd
One problem is that gtk/3/4 aren’t philosophically equivalent. 2 is much more of a general purpose toolkit. 4 is much more tightly bound to Gnome and their preferences and opinions. Which they are entitled to! But this is also a valid reason not to migrate. (3 seems somewhere in the middle)
linkdd
GTK 3.0 was released in the 10th of February 2011 (15 years ago).
GTK 4.0 was released the 16th of December 2020 (5 years ago, and on my birthday).
I knew there were still applications using GTK 2 (are there some that use GTK 1 still?), but it is funny to me.
Well, better late than never, right?
gwenhael
Maybe it's a step on the way to GTK 4?
I've modernized a GTK 2 application and found that trying to jump straight to 4 was too big a step for me. Granted I had no experience with GTK but 2 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 4 made for smaller easier changes.
jmtd
One problem is that gtk/3/4 aren’t philosophically equivalent. 2 is much more of a general purpose toolkit. 4 is much more tightly bound to Gnome and their preferences and opinions. Which they are entitled to! But this is also a valid reason not to migrate. (3 seems somewhere in the middle)
GTK 3.0 was released in the 10th of February 2011 (15 years ago). GTK 4.0 was released the 16th of December 2020 (5 years ago, and on my birthday).
I knew there were still applications using GTK 2 (are there some that use GTK 1 still?), but it is funny to me.
Well, better late than never, right?
Maybe it's a step on the way to GTK 4?
I've modernized a GTK 2 application and found that trying to jump straight to 4 was too big a step for me. Granted I had no experience with GTK but 2 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 4 made for smaller easier changes.
One problem is that gtk/3/4 aren’t philosophically equivalent. 2 is much more of a general purpose toolkit. 4 is much more tightly bound to Gnome and their preferences and opinions. Which they are entitled to! But this is also a valid reason not to migrate. (3 seems somewhere in the middle)
GTK 3.0 was released in the 10th of February 2011 (15 years ago). GTK 4.0 was released the 16th of December 2020 (5 years ago, and on my birthday).
I knew there were still applications using GTK 2 (are there some that use GTK 1 still?), but it is funny to me.
Well, better late than never, right?
Maybe it's a step on the way to GTK 4?
I've modernized a GTK 2 application and found that trying to jump straight to 4 was too big a step for me. Granted I had no experience with GTK but 2 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 4 made for smaller easier changes.
One problem is that gtk/3/4 aren’t philosophically equivalent. 2 is much more of a general purpose toolkit. 4 is much more tightly bound to Gnome and their preferences and opinions. Which they are entitled to! But this is also a valid reason not to migrate. (3 seems somewhere in the middle)