From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 23 02:39:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8379A16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:39:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [69.55.238.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AEFB43D53 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:39:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@yekse.gank.org) Received: by ion.gank.org (mail, from userid 1001) id BC0302B753; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:39:33 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:39:29 -0600 From: Craig Boston To: ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050323023928.GA79013@nowhere> Mail-Followup-To: Craig Boston , ports@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: RFC: Audacity vs. wxgtk(2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:39:34 -0000 Users of the audio/audacity port and ports gurus: There have been a couple reports of rendering glitches and crashes in Audacity that appear to be related to the use of wxgtk2 (wxWidgets built with GTK2 support). The Audacity team recommends using the GTK 1.x version of wxWidgets, and after playing with it some it does seem to be more stable when not using GTK2 support. Additionally, the application is considerably more responsive and usable. The GTK2 version feels somewhat "thick" by comparison, which for an audio editing app is a bad thing. Once the freeze is over I plan to add a knob to the Audacity port to enable users to select which toolkit to build against. My question is thus: Which version should we use as the default (and for package builds)? GTK 1.x is considered obsolete and many current users of Audacity may not even have it installed. However, in my opinion the increased stability and usability is well worth the extra dependency. I know that POLA doesn't apply as much to ports, but I don't want to surprise anyone. So Audacity users, please let me know your opinion on the subject! Keep in mind that both versions will be buildable from ports; this is only about which one will get installed when no preference is specified. Thanks! Craig