Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] gtk: make default UI

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

On 02/19/2012 08:52 PM, Brad Smith wrote:
> 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?

An accessible UI that meets the most basic definition of usable.  Sit someone 
down with the SDL interface for the first time, how in the world are they 
supposed to figure out that you hit Ctrl+Alt+2 to get to a command prompt?

If they somehow figure that out and think to type help in the monitor, they need 
to someone figure out to use Ctrl-PageUp to actually read the help text.

If you don't want to have to worry about dependencies, use an OS that has a 
proper package management system so you don't have to deal with these things.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori