2008/10/21 Vincent Torri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > speaking of that, as there are other Windows library, not related to gtk, > that may use libjpeg, tiff, png, etc..., woud it be possible to install them > in a drectory not specific to GTK (like in Program Files/Common > Files/generic, or something like that) ?
As I understand it, the problem is that Windows does not have package management or library versioning (though there is a sort-of DLL versioning for system libraries and I'm told .net introduces unix-style versioning, I think?), so it's very hard for apps to share libraries safely. Updating a shared 3rd party DLL, perhaps to fix a bug, can break apps that use it in strange and unpredictable ways. The only really safe way is for every download to include it's own versions of all the 3rd party libraries it needs, and when one of these libraries is patched, to re-download patched versions of all the apps that use that library. There's a reason DLLs are named dynamic link libraries and not shared libraries, heh. John _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
