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GTK has been fairly hostile to non-Gnome usage since the GTK 3 era; they keep on breaking backwards compatibility for applications that use it, don't care about

by makomk 10y ago

GTK has been fairly hostile to non-Gnome usage since the GTK 3 era; they keep on breaking backwards compatibility for applications that use it, don't care about whether apps can be used on non-Gnome desktop environments, etc. I don't think it's all that polished either.

marrs 10y ago
I instantly believe you, based on my experience of the fiasco that is Gnome 3, but can you share some examples of this?
- pjmlp 10y ago
  Have fun reading, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10757985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10757985
  - marrs 10y ago
    Wish I hadn't asked now. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.