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Bug 726549 - Websites outdated, disparity between recent builds for various platforms
Websites outdated, disparity between recent builds for various platforms
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Website
unspecified
Other Windows
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Martyn Russell
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-03-17 14:35 UTC by BugsBunny
Modified: 2014-03-19 13:51 UTC
See Also:
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Description BugsBunny 2014-03-17 14:35:09 UTC
Finding the most recent and official Windows build of gtk+ or gtkmm requires a futile herculean effort.

This website is outdated and the Windows link is dead http://www.gtkmm.org/en/download.shtml
This is all very outdated ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/2.24/
This from 2010 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win64/gtk+/2.22/
And according to http://www.gtk.org the latest stable version for Linux is 3.8 which is also false as it is actually 3.10.7, so the text on the Windows page stating "GTK+ 2.22 is the current maintained version" must also be assumed to be false.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
There's a 2.24.2 here http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-mingw/files/gtkmm2/ but one of our Windows builders says its missing packages (waiting for more detailed info).
The latest GTK+ builds on http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-mingw/files/gtk%2B2/ are 2.24.11 which are a year and a half old. Current gtk+ is 2.24.22 but I can't find any Windows builds.

I understand that GTK+ and gtkmm are different projects, but as websites that host builds of one often host builds of the other, and as I assume there is some level of communication between the two projects, I hope this report reaches both teams. Generating stable builds of our program which uses GTK+ 2 is becoming more and more difficult due to the disparity between actual GTK+ versions for Linux vs outdated ones for Windows, and rewriting it in GTK3 would require likely over a year of coding to get it to the same level for which we just don't have the manpower. In light of the mess in getting GTK+ builds which are recent for all platforms, we have increasing motivation to move away from using GTK altogether, should the manpower to rewrite the program be found. The current situation is... depressing.
Comment 1 Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2014-03-19 13:38:58 UTC
Hello,

thanks for your bug report. I've just updated the webpage to reflect the latest version of GTK+ is 3.10.x

Seems the windows page is up-to-date. The last supported version in this platform is 3.6.x for the GTK+3 and 2.24.10 for GTK+2. You should find links for both in http://www.gtk.org/download/win32.php

Feel free to reopen if you think something is still missing
Comment 2 BugsBunny 2014-03-19 13:51:57 UTC
There are no >=2.24.10 builds for Win64?