is new lib dependency possible for 3.5.2?

[Nicolas Goutte]

On Saturday 28 January 2006 04:17, Andriy Rysin wrote:
> Fredrik Höglund wrote:
> > On Friday 27 January 2006 18:05, Leo Savernik wrote:
> >> Am Freitag, 27. Januar 2006 14:49 schrieb Andriy Rysin:
> >>> libxklavier is used in GNOME
> >>
> >> Does it depend on glib?
> >
> > The libxklavier developers have announced [1] that they will "most
> > probably" be introducing a glib dependency in the near future,
> > citing the fact that GNOME is the only desktop using it as one of
> > the reasons.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Fredrik
> >
> > [1] http://community.livejournal.com/xkbconfig/2091.html
>
> I've talked today with libxklavier author and he's open to suggestions,
> the obvious reason for him to get glib is to get some utility staff
> (e.g. hashtables). If anybody can suggest other suitable library or
> solution he's willing to consider it.

> It also would be nice to hear arguments against (indirect) dependency on
> glib, especially taking to account that arts already depends on that and
> nobody complained for years.

Nobody? 

You surely have missed the flame wars about it, when the glib dependecy was 
introduced in arts. (And again when pkg-config started to be used in KDE...)

In (very) short, the main critic is that Qt is offering similar classes, so 
you end up with two implementations of similar things.

>
> Andriy

Have a nice day!