Hi! On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Kristian Rietveld <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 22 May 2018, at 16:01, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > There is another issue which was raised these days by GTK+ developers who > > discussed GIMP port: apparently GTK+3.99 (to become GTK+4) has currently > no > > macOS backend! Basically that means we'd lose GIMP on macOS. And worse, > > they have (nearly or none at all?) no developers working on this, so it's > > not even sure when or if it will come. > > The macOS backend been fully removed in 3.99?? > I have no idea. Has it been removed? Is it still here but just completely broken and waiting to be fixed? Or simply so untested that none really knows? For information, I am referring to this discussion: https://twitter.com/acruiz/status/998552715654463489 As you can see, the first message is: > Gtk4 doesn't have a Mac backend AFAIK and I'm not sure it's widely tested on Windows (by Alberto Ruiz) > > > Actually even GTK+3 macOS port is bad but at least there is something. > The > > Windows backend on GTK+3 is bad too (still according to GTK+ devs) but is > > more tested than Windows backend. > > I worked on the GTK+3 macOS port in the early beginning of GTK+3. I don’t > know how much work went into it after that, I did get the impression that > it got commits and maintenance regularly. > > I wasn’t really looking forward to the GTK+3 port because of this and the > fact that the entire backend appears to have been removed doesn’t really > make it better :( On the other hand, it should probably be much easier to > port GTK+3/4 to macOS compared to GTK+2. > > Don't take my word for it. I was just relaying what I understood from the Twitter thread above, which may itself not be perfectly informed. It seems clear that the macOS backend is not that maintained though, seeing how various GTK+ devs are clearly stating this as a fact, but I actually guess they would not just remove years of code just on a whim (I hope so). Jehan > > regards, > > -kris. > > > > -- ZeMarmot open animation film http://film.zemarmot.net Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
