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> On 12 Jul 2015, at 23:27, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> On 07/12/2015 04:46 PM, Kovacs Levente (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>>> What are the alternatives? Stay on Gtk+ 2 or Qt?
>> 
>> Why do we want change something, which is not broken? Do we have
>> some issues with GTK2? I don't think so. GTK3 is ugly. Why do we
>> talk about it?
>> 
>> If we must change, then change to QT.
>> 
>> I think GTK2 is okay. There are a tons of other things to do with
>> gEDA.
> 
>  Seconded.  GTK2 looks and works great.  There's a reason why many
> people and projects have stuck with GTK2 rather than "upgrade" to GTK3.

The only strong feelings I have are that whichever toolkit is used, it must be cross platform and look 'native'

Chris