GTK Ticked-Off

[James McDonald]

>> Yes, in an ideal world there would be a stable API for everything, and
>> new versions would not be a big problem.  Pigs will fly first.
>
> In the interests of equal time, "the rules" allow breaking compatibility
> between major revisions, and the jump from 1.x to 2.x certainly
> qualifies as a major revision. It would be nice if greater effort were
> expeneded to ensure backward API compatibility.

I noticed that in some of the backwardly compatible API's developers are
saddled with the good and the bad from a previous implementation and the
extra effort to maintain compatibility.

Doesn't the re-implementation of certain API's help to create what could
be a great leap forward when the newer version comes out

I'm not a developer but isn't gtk2 far superior to gtk1.x?

-- 
James McDonald
Systems Engineer

Singleton NSW Australia