[csw-maintainers] gtk - dump 64bit for now?

[Peter FELECAN]

Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:

> So.... I'm looking into a "quickie" redo of libgtk , to get us into the
> 21st century.
> I see the older package has 64bit libs.
>
> I also see that unlike many other 64bit capable things, it's going to be a
> pain for me to do a nice small clean implementation of that.
>
> BUT... in checking out our installed /opt/csw/lib/sparcv9 on our build
> machines... it looks like there's no other libs that actually USE the 64bit
> libgtk.
> So I'm thinking of dropping it to keep life simple.
>
> In the future (possibly in the near future) it is entirely possible for
> someone to take over libgtk and provide 64bit libs again if desired.
> (heck, i would greatly prefer that :)
> But for the near term, I think it's more important for us to get a modern
> libgtk, QUICKLY, rather than wait another few weeks for someone else.
>
> Opinions? Can I get a yea or a nay from anyone else out there on this?

As nobody answered and today I feel generous, here is a "yea", as a
reward for stepping in the new century!
-- 
Peter