[GNC-dev] WebKitGtk now defaults to Gtk4

[john]

WebKitGtk. When I wrote that I was thinking Gtk4, but that won't work on Windows because WebKitGtk 2.4, the last release before they ripped out all of the Windows support code, obviously doesn't support Gtk4.

I don't know that we have until 2026 because I don't know what are the other WebKitGtk based applications Carlos referred to so I don't know where they are on migrating. We know from experience that nobody's going to wait for us.

I couldn't find the earlier discussion about release cycles either. The options are to keep doing what we're doing or to switch to a more continuous model where stable is the only central branch and feature branches are merged in when they're ready. We'd switch to a year-based versioning similar to Ubuntu's; I proposed YYYY-n, e.g. 2024-1, 2024-2, etc. on the same quarterly schedule. There would be no beta releases; the few users willing to test could do so with nightly builds.

If we don't change to the continuous model, 6.0 would drop 29 March 2026, see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Schedule#Goals_for_6.0. 8 March is string freeze.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 18, 2023, at 02:54, Robert Fewell <14ubobit at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Can I get clarification, is that migrating to Gtk4 or move away from WebKitGtk ?
> 
> I suppose either change would be a major one so that would be version 6.0 I assume.
> I seem to recall there was a question on release cycles but can not find where, so if 6.0 is that still 08/03/2026 ?
> 
> Regards,
> Bob
> 
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 17:15, john <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
>> WebKitGtk 2.43.1 was just released and one of its changes is that it's Gtk4 by default and one must specify a build option, -DGTK4=OFF, to use it with Gtk3. I asked on the webkitgtk mailing list if there's a schedule for dropping Gtk3 support. Carlos Garcia Campos replied "No, but it will take a while I'm afraid. Most of the WebKitGTK based
>> applications are still GTK3, I think."
>> 
>> So we don't have a firm deadline yet, but this is a warning that we need to get serious about migrating.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
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