Yep, sounds sensible. Is anyone actively working on this? I guess Krzysztof is the obvious candidate.

AV


On 29 Jul 2016 11:35 a.m., "Jabier Arraiza" <jabier.arraiza@...2893...> wrote:
Maybe you can wait till this bug is fixed:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1607698
So we can have a "working" version of 0.92 or trunk.

Cheers, Jabier.



El jue, 28-07-2016 a las 19:31 +0100, Alex Valavanis escribió:
> Hi All,
>
> A branch is available for testing at lp:~inkscape.dev/inkscape/fix-
> 1606558
>
> Please note that there are many known bugs in GTK+ 3 builds, which
> will be the focus of the 0.93 release. Please only consider critical
> issues (e.g., FTBFS or crashes on startup) as showstoppers for this
> merge.
>
> If there are no objections, I will go ahead early next week.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Alex
>
> On 26 July 2016 at 21:40, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:55:52PM +0100, Alex Valavanis wrote:
> > >
> > > Summary: Removal of GTK+ 2 support in Inkscape trunk is proposed
> > > for
> > > w/c 2016-08-01.  Comments and questions are very welcome.
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > We are planning to remove support for GTK+ 2 in Inkscape
> > > trunk.  A
> > > full statement of the reasons and the implementation plans is
> > > given on
> > > this wiki page:
> > >
> > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Notice_of_removal_of_GTK%
> > > 2B_2_support
> > >
> > > Please note that under this proposal, the forthcoming Inkscape
> > > 0.92
> > > release *will* still use GTK+ 2, but all future releases will
> > > require
> > > GTK+ 3.
> > >
> > > As of now, development of the forthcoming Inkscape 0.92 release
> > > has
> > > been moved to the new lp:inkscape/0.92.x branch on
> > > Launchpad.  You can
> > > grab a copy using:
> > >
> > > bzr branch lp:inkscape/0.92.x
> > >
> > > Please prioritise your efforts here on fixing any remaining
> > > "blocker"
> > > bugs, as listed at:
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bugs?field.tag=blocker
> > >
> > > The main Inkscape Trunk branch (lp:inkscape) will, from now on,
> > > be
> > > used for future releases (>= 0.93).  If you wish to work on the
> > > code
> > > here, you will need to have the GTK+ 3 development libraries (and
> > > GTKmm, GDK+ 3 etc) available on your system.
> > >
> > > This is a major change, and the migration will inevitably cause
> > > some
> > > difficulties.  However, the consensus among active developers is
> > > that
> > > the current situation of supporting both GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 is
> > > unmanageable.
> > >
> > > I am proposing that we implement the GTK+ 3 dependency in trunk
> > > next
> > > week (w/c 1 August, 2016). Any comments or questions are very
> > > welcome
> > > before we go ahead.
> >
> > Looks good, thanks for putting together the wiki page, that'll be a
> > big
> > help in getting the changes communicated.
> >
> > Bryce
>
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