Re: GTK frontend updated, please test unofficial miniiso

[Attilio Fiandrotti <fiandro@tiscalinet.it>]

Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> On 10/26/05, Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 26 October 2005 15:55, Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> >
> > > > -you can'tselect in lists by typing the first letter (as in newt
> > > > frontend) on GTKDFB (any version, on GTKX works) since this is an
> > > > unimplemented feature in GTKDFB (any version)
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> > > this is a major setback related to what the newt frontend offers.
> >
> > I disagree. As we know it will be fixed in the next gtk version, we can
> > live without it in the mean time.
>
>
> I was under the impression that this feature would not be implemented in 2.8
>
> OTOH, backporting the feature just for DI I think it does not make
> sense (as attilio suggested), moreover we will switch to the new
> gtkdfb as soon as possible (we all know the cairo issue).
i've asked mike emmel if he can update GTKDFB 2.0.9 to solve GtkTreeView 
related bugs.
I know backport does not makes sense, but i think this is the fastest 
way to get everything working without having to package tons of libs 
etc.. (i remember making gtk.so work with already existing official 
udebs took a week or so).
To experiment what switching to GTKDFB 2.8.3 would be i plan to create a 
tarball that installs those libs (new ones created with davide's script) 
inside the initrd overwriting old ones.
Something like this can be done with an x server too..

ciao

attilio