David Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 13:18 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> You've got the debian-broken libtool. I bet you're not pulling
>> in libcore-utils.
>>
>> I'll also point out that this is a bug that "core-utils" now depends
>> on gtk. That shouldn't have happened. This code should go into
>> gnome-utils.
>
> I disagree. I created the core-utils directory as a place to put code
> that augments the core gxxx libraries (glib, gconf, etc. including gtk),
> but doesn't have anything to do with GnuCash proper. The gnc_cbe_xxx
> functions have nothing to do with GnuCash, and everything to do with
> requiring a GtkComboBox to always match an entry in the completion. At
> some point I'd like to try and push them into the gtk itself.
>
> I would have accepted your argument that this code should be in a
> gtk/gnome specific directory if gnucash was still trying to be UI
> neutral, but that requirement fell by the wayside before I joined the
> development group. As far as I'm concerned, gtk is part of the core
> library set that gnucash is built on.
The build system (and directory structure) is divided into two
parts: UI-independent and UI-dependent code. Everything early on
(core-utils, gnc-module, engine) is completely UI independent.
Yes, it uses glib, but it doesn't use gtk, Qt, Motif, or anything
like that.
I still believe that we're trying to be UI Neutral. Think
"command-line application" (e.g. cashutil). Right now cashutil
doesn't need to link against gtk, and I don't think it should. Making
"engine" depend on gtk would force apps like cashutil to link against
gtk when they have no intension of even HAVING a Graphical User
Interface.
Or.. posit a web-based application that some people have been
discussing. Why require GTK for something that's just going to emit
HTML?
For what it's worth, I still believe in UI neutrality of the core
libraries.
-derek
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