Re: About the last exchange on bugtracker

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 18/11/25 14:23, Fabien Bodard ha scritto:
> There's an interesting question regarding GTK4.
>
> I think GTK4 has become too specific to Gnome desktop environments, and 
> the changes are really hard to keep up with.
>
> Is it a good idea to maintain the GTK family and not focus your efforts 
> solely on Qt, Benoit?
>
> It's a lot of time to dedicate to many topics, and you're working alone.
>
> While it's important to maintain a separate driver for the database, 
> it's less so for the toolkit.
>
> Furthermore, I think it would be possible to add another, lower-level 
> toolkit with the following specifications:
>
> - window management
>   - basic widget (drawing area, text area?)
>   - input manager (keyboard/mouse/joystick)
> - printing
>   - drawing (painting class)
>
> (based for example on EFL https://www.enlightenment.org/about <https:// 
> www.enlightenment.org/about>)
>
> And the rest would be entirely implemented in Gambas.
>
> Because after all, the fun is in developing with the awesome tool you've 
> created for us, not getting bogged down in the nonsense of the new era.
>
> We're from the Compusaurus generation. So we prioritize usefulness over 
> fads. We have limited resources and time. And we waste time on things 
> that are ephemeral... too ephemeral.
>
> The only two ways to address this are:
>
> - reduce our dependence on external libraries as much as possible for 
> our underlayers.
>
> - create wrappers directly for everything else... and therefore develop 
> a tool that facilitates their automatic or semi-automatic generation.
>
> - find a good distribution method... Suse saved us, but it's not a 
> panacea. We need to look into FlatPak for example.
>
> That's all for today's thought.
>
> Gambas doit être résilient et défier les lois du temps ne pas dépendre 
> de compétences trop spécifiques pour assurer son avenir.
>
> Fabien Bodard

Hi Benoit,

I agree with everything Fabien wrote in this email.
I completely agree.
Programs written with QT are supported by all desktops and, in general, 
work better.

Best regards
Gianluigi