[vlc-devel] [Packagers][CALL] VLC 2.0.0

[Rafaël Carré]

Le 2012-02-06 13:07, Gilles Sabourin a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> You won't be able to compile mozilla plugin on openSUSE 11.4 due to some GTK3 definitions not backported in GTK2 :
> 
> vlcplugin_gtk.cpp: In function ‘bool video_expose_handler(GtkWidget*, GdkEvent*, void*)’:
> vlcplugin_gtk.cpp:275:49: error: ‘gdk_window_get_width’ was not declared in this scope
> vlcplugin_gtk.cpp:276:50: error: ‘gdk_window_get_height’ was not declared in this scope
> make[2]: *** [vlcplugin_gtk.lo] Error 1

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2011-April/msg06068.html has
gtk2 and gtk3 code for the same thing

> 
> I know already vlc developper's answer : complaint to your distro maintainer. This is only to warn openSUSE packagers, since there is not really something  to do :
> openSUSE mainteners won't do anything for this release, otherwise they will advise you to switch to openSUSE 12.1, which does not exhibit any problem, using GTK3 API.
> 
> These definitions seem exist only in :
> gtk-3.0/gdk/gdkwindow.h:int           gdk_window_get_width       (GdkWindow       *window);
> in openSUSE 11.4, but they exist in both places (gtk-2.0 and gtk-3.0) in openSUSE 12.1
> 
> Anyway, don't spend to much time on this. I had already problems with gtk 3.0 on another project using libvlc and GTK3 : Freetuxtv, whereas API detection was OK :
> I had to switch back to GTK2.0 on openSUSE 11.4, and I got angular appearance like motif interfaces on openSUSE 12.1, with same binary, which is the lesser disadvantage.
> 
> I doubt that this is an option here and I think you should force GTK3 requirements with : gtk3 > 3.0.0 in npapi configure check.
> openSUSE 12.1 offers GTK 3.2.1 and is OK. You should refine GTK3 best version for most distributions. 
> 
> Greetings,
> Gilles
> 
> Le lundi 6 février 2012 13:10:01, Jean-Baptiste Kempf a écrit :
>> My dear packagers and port maintainers of VLC,
>>
>> VLC 2.0.0 is arriving soon.
>>
>> It would be _very_ nice to check your packaging _now_ of VLC 2.0 branch
>> (not master), so that packaging issues are not reported after the
>> release, like usually...
>>
>> Moreover, if you have patches that you need backport for, in order to
>> support correctly your OS/port/fork, please speak now, before it is too
>> late, so that we can see how mergeable it is.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
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