Post #2306626
2026-04-25 19:32 UTC
@jrsharp@mastodon.sdf.org @tfb@mastodon.bsd.cafe
I need Gtk2 for Sylpheed (ClawsMail on Gtk3 still has some too rough edges), and Gtk3 for Mate DE and many. And some wants Gtk4 (and parts of which are Gnome apps, although I'm not installing full Gnome4).
Hope someone possible fork and maintain Gtk3 (hopefully Gtk2 and Gtk4, too), which clearly beyonds me, and FreeBSD ports to keep Gnome4 "apps" (not mean full DE) working even after Gnome5 and f***** Gtk5 is introduced without X11 support (but not at all installed). Maybe as independent gnome4-* ports or x11 flavors of each.
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@jrsharp@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-25 23:26
@TomAoki@mastodon.bsd.cafe @tfb@mastodon.bsd.cafe understood. And I’m not insensitive to the real deps here. As one who’s been “forced” to consider more minimal libs/deps (by virtue of choosing #OpenBSD on #PowerPC), I have appreciated adjusting my expectations. I expect that as more perfectly good tech / frameworks are deprecated, we’ll see people rethink these things — for the positive. (Like, will the #Linux #486 deprecation bring people to #NetBSD? ;) )