Hello,

gtk is a global use flag [1], gtk2 and gtk3 are used in metadata.xml [2].

Is there a consensus how to use these flags if an app provides gtk2
and gtk3 gui in parallel or exclusive?

Michael

[1] /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc
gtk - Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)


[2] egrep "gtk(2|3)" /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc
app-admin/gtkdiskfree:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
app-editors/emacs:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP Toolkit
instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
app-editors/emacs-vcs:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP
Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
app-i18n/fcitx:gtk3 - Install GTK3 IM module
app-i18n/fcitx-configtool:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
app-i18n/ibus:gtk3 - Enable support for gtk+3
app-i18n/ibus-anthy:deprecated - Install deprecated pygtk2 library
app-i18n/ibus-unikey:gtk3 - Enable support for gtk+3
app-i18n/imsettings:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
app-i18n/scim:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
app-i18n/uim:gtk3 - Enable support for x11-libs/gtk+:3
app-office/libreoffice:gtk3 - Enable highly experimental gtk3 frontend
dev-java/icedtea-web:gtk2 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:2 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:3
dev-java/icedtea-web:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 (default)
dev-python/matplotlib:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
x11-libs/gtk+:2
lxde-base/lxdm:gtk3 - Use GTK+3 instead of 2
mail-client/claws-mail:gtk3 - Build support for GTK+3
media-libs/libcanberra:gtk3 - Enables building of gtk+3 helper
library, gtk+3 runtime sound effects and the canberra-gtk-play
utility. To enable the gtk+3 sound effects add canberra-gtk-module to
the colon separated list of modules in the GTK_MODULES environment
variable.
media-plugins/audacious-plugins:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the
GIMP Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
media-sound/audacious:gtk3 - Link against version 3 of the GIMP
Toolkit instead of version 2 (x11-libs/gtk+)
media-sound/jalv:gtk2 - Adds support for GTK+2 in addition to GTK+3
controlled by the gtk useflag.
media-sound/mp3splt-gtk:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
x11-libs/gtk+:2
net-analyzer/wireshark:gtk2 - Build the wireshark executable with a
GTK+ UI version 2.
net-analyzer/wireshark:gtk3 - Build the wireshark executable with a
GTK+ UI version 3.
net-dns/avahi:gtk3 - Build the avahi-ui-gtk3 library, and use gtk3 for
the avahi utilities under USE=utils
net-libs/gtk-vnc:gtk3 - Build the gtk3 gtk-vnc library and other gtk3
assets
net-misc/spice-gtk:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
x11-libs/gtk+:2
net-p2p/eiskaltdcpp:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
www-client/dwb:gtk3 - Link against x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of
x11-libs/gtk+:2
www-client/uget:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
www-client/uzbl:gtk3 - Use x11-libs/gtk+:3 instead of x11-libs/gtk+:2
x11-themes/light-themes:gtk3 - Support GTK 3.x, too
x11-wm/fvwm:gtk2-perl - Enable GTK2 Perl bindings
-- 
Michael Weber
Gentoo Developer
web: https://xmw.de/
mailto: Michael Weber <x...@gentoo.org>

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