#48969: glib2 @2.44.1: update to version 2.46.0 as required by gtk3 3.18.0 and other GNOME ports -----------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: devans@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: update | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: glib2 | -----------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [ticket:48969 devans@…]:
My understanding of the discussion is that the upstream developers do not intend to do anything about this themselves but have pushed the issue back to us to deal with. They suggest using the Growl package to implement GNotifications on the older platforms. They appear to be willing to accept relevant patches for review. So I think the ball is in our court.
I don't know how many of the people responding to my mailing list question were glib developers and how many were just users, so I don't know if we've received the opinions of the developers or not. But the discussion does appear to have died down without a satisfactory resolution.
A minimal solution that seems feasible and could get us by this impasse would be to create a minimal patch to make the new feature optional and only enable it on 10.9 or later. This shouldn't be a burden for the older platforms since we haven't had any notification support up to this point but would allow current platforms to take advantage of this feature and others available in the latest glib2.
That's the solution I would like, but I was hoping I would not have to be the one to create it, since I don't really know how. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48969#comment:3> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X