From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49933) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RzJMa-0000H9-Oj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RzJMX-0006j5-6N for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:28 -0500 Received: from speedy.comstyle.com ([206.51.28.2]:17391 helo=mail.comstyle.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RzJMX-0006j1-3n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:25 -0500 Message-ID: <4F41B566.8000001@comstyle.com> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:22 -0500 From: Brad Smith MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1329695104-15174-1-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <1329695104-15174-7-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <4F419D7F.7030806@codemonkey.ws> <4F41AEEB.3000304@comstyle.com> <4F41B390.9040000@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4F41B390.9040000@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] gtk: make default UI List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Alex Graf , Roy Tam On 19/02/12 9:44 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 02/19/2012 08:24 PM, Brad Smith wrote: >> On 19/02/12 8:10 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>>> If not, it will be nice to keep >>>> SDL because GTK huge and not that portable for win32 users. >>> >>> Neither are true. GTK is a reasonably small dependency especially given >>> that GLIB is a mandatory dependency. I can't imagine that in terms of >>> binary size, libsdl is much bigger than gtk/gdk. >> >> Double check your facts. That's not even close to being true. >> >> SDL is a tiny fraction of Gtk+. >> >> Just as an example taking a look at package sizes.. >> >> 549KB for SDL vs 17.3MB for just Gtk+ and its dependencies (7 libraries) >> excluding Glib2 and what it depends on. > > I don't see how 17.3MB qualifies as "huge". It's FAR from small not to mention dragging in A LOT of libraries for what? A prettier looking UI? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.