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

[Brad Smith]

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?

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