news 28 Posted January 6, 2011 GTK+ 2.99.0 is now available for download at: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/2.99/ http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.99/ 304a9f4553b6e5de224053245d21b897ede9ef44a232de7f769e5116f40bd41a gtk +-2.99.0.tar.bz2 37060a94be5c0c72c2a68298ee2cb35ef9f275bd76d3bcd69a189f7539c030b6 gtk +-2.99.0.tar.gz This is a beta release of what will become GTK+ 3.0. Notes: * GTK+ 3 will be parallel installable with GTK+ 2.x, and this release has been prepared to test this by renaming all .pc files, libraries, include paths, and so forth, to include a '3.0' component. An exception to this are the gtk-update-icon-cache and gtk-builder-convert utilities, for which parallel installation would make little sense. * GTK+ 3 will remove deprecated API from the GTK+ 2.x series and make struct members unavailable that have been GSEALed in 2.x. Therefore, applications can be prepared for porting to GTK+ 3 by making sure that they build with -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED and -DGSEAL_ENABLE. For more information about porting concerns, see the porting guide that is included in the API doc. The removal of GSEALEd struct members has been completed in this release. A handful of 2.x deprecations still need to be dealt with; the majority of deprecations in this release are new in 3.0, and will not be removed before GTK+ 4.0. * Bugs should be reported to http://bugzilla.gnome.org. What is GTK+ ============ GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides an effective method of rapid application development. GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary software, without any license fees or royalties. Where to get more information about GTK+ ======================================== Information about GTK+ including links to documentation can be found at: http://www.gtk.org/ An installation guide for GTK+ is found at: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.99/gtk-building.html A porting guide from GTK+ 2.x to GTK+ 3: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.99/gtk-migrating-2-to-3.html Common questions: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.99/gtk-question-index.html (note that the links in this section may not work until tomorrow) Contributing ============ GTK+ is a large project and relies on voluntary contributions. We are actively searching for new contributors in various areas and invite everyone to help project development. If you are willing to participate, please subscribe to the project Share this post Link to post
