[oi-dev] Effort focus

[Aurélien Larcher]

Hello,
Welcome Ben !
I also tried to build MATE but I encountered dependency issues immediately.
atk 2.14 would be a first target [2] but requires also building a newer
gobject-introspection and make sure that nothing breaks.
Best regards

Aurelien

[1] http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/MATE+1.10+Sandbox
[2] https://www.illumos.org/issues/6055



On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:39 AM, <bentahyr at chez.com> wrote:

> Having GTK3 spec files are a good news. I'll focus on that then so we got
> a GTK3 to build on.
>
> I'll leave MATE aside for the moment as we have a working desktop.
> GTK3 will open more option to desktops alternative or application.
>
> Best regards.
> Franck
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Alexander Pyhalov" <alp at rsu.ru>
> À: "OpenIndiana Developer mailing list" <oi-dev at openindiana.org>
> Cc: bentahyr at chez.com
> Envoyé: Lundi 27 Juillet 2015 17:17:09
> Objet: Re: [oi-dev] Effort focus
>
> bentahyr at chez.com писал 27.07.2015 07:21:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying for the last 2 month to get some updates to OI in
> > particular Hipster.
> > I tried to update the DE by compiling MATE, then I tried to get an
> > alternative browser to work copnsidering the issue with Firefox and
> > started to compile Midori.
> >
> > Of course, MATE is a hell to compile as it is fragmented all over the
> > place with each modules having its on dependencies. But I reach an
> > interesting point where quite a lot of application were compile but
> > not the main modules (panel, ...)
> >
> > Midori is hard on dependencies as well (GTK+3 <- Glib <- automake,....)
> >
> > I have a very limited time to dedicate (and skills, I have to admit)
> > and would like to make the best out of it so I ask you.
> > Does it make sense to try to get MATE up and running to replace GNOME
> > 2, or get another type desktop, or keep the current one ?
> > Midori has already moved to GTK+3 and more and more applications are
> > designed on top of it, does it make sense to focus the effort on
> > building a functionnal GTK+3 on OI as a starting point ?
>
> Hi.
> I think that MATE would be a valuable thing, and it worth to try making
> it work,
> but you can underestimate the work wich is necessary to make it
> functional.
>
> What about GTK3, you can look at
> https://java.net/projects/solaris-desktop/sources/spec-files/ ,
> it has base-specs/gtk3.spec, SUNWgtk3.spec and SUNWgtk3-engines.spec.
> They are a valuable starting point. Note, that I couldn't find when you
> can witch branches
> int web ui, perhaps you'll have to clone the repo and switch manually to
> gnome-2-30-s12
> branch to see the specs.
>
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