[Tails-dev] ***SPAM*** Re: Tails-greeter UI and gtkme

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Autor: Max
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Para: tails-dev, Martin Owens
Tópicos Antigos: [Tails-dev] Tails-greeter UI and gtkme
Assunto: [Tails-dev] ***SPAM*** Re: Tails-greeter UI and gtkme
11.09.2011 05:31, alan@??? пишет:

> That raised several issues with gtkme. An example is that gtkme made
> python segfault while using a GtkBuilder file containing an HBox. I had
> to workaround this issue using a GtkTable. But that's not the key
> question.


Seems odd indeed.

> gtkme seems buggy and undocumented. I have no idea which problem it's
> supposed to solve, but I'm under the impression that keep maintaining
> a tails-greeter that is using it will be a pain, while some of us have
> skills in normal pygtk programming. So I'm wondering wether we should
> try to get rid of it or not.


For the sake of reference: gtkme's project page is here -
https://code.launchpad.net/~doctormo/doctormo-random/gtkme

> Max, do you know how strongly gtkme is tighten with tails-greeter code?


Essentially gtkme is kind of a wrapper which tries to abstract pygtk boilerplate.
It shouldn't be too hard to move that boilerplate code into tails-greeter.

> Max and Tails developpers, do you think it's worth putting energy in
> porting tails-greeter to plain gtk or it's better to try to maintain it
> using gtkme?


I'm not sure. Boilerplate abstraction is a good idea but I haven't looked into gtkme
code to judge on the quality and potential maintenance burden.

I'll try to take a look in upcoming weeks.

cheers,
Max.
P. S> add gtkme's author to CC :)