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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>> Yes, I think GTK is a bad idea long term (for any application)
>
> Essentially you're saying that you would like a toolkit with a
> lifetime of "forever" - which I can understand, but I also think
> it is a bit unreasonable. The world changes and our software will
> need to change with it. Not much, but some, every now and then.

What is the value of doing a version bump that adds no functionality
every time GTK issues a major release? Most of their new functionality
we have no real use for in geda. (PCB is another story.)

<snip>

> Yes. Did you look into fltk and solvespace?

Solvespace is not a good candidate.


> //Peter



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