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magnush / mhwaveedit

Sound file editor (written in C using the GTK+ toolkit)
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Flatpak version to keep this program avalible after GTK2 is gone #18

Open LinuxBeaver opened 3 years ago

LinuxBeaver commented 3 years ago

Hello, I am a fan of this software and worry it might be removed from repos once GTK2 goes. I believe that in less then two year GTK2 will be removed from mainstream repos, and many old (but valuable) apps will be lost forever. Sure, some people will make PPA's for GTk2 forever but that isn't ideal. mhwaveedit needs a flatpak version to preserve it forever, or atleast until it is ported to GTK3.

Thanks.

LinuxBeaver commented 3 years ago

A Flatpak was made of the latest version.

https://discourse.flathub.org/t/mhwaveedit-gtk2-audio-editor-for-flathub/1119

and it may or may not find its way to flathub.

Archangel-Live commented 3 years ago

Thank you, Just-Another-Gnumer! I also am a fan and a regular user of mhwaveedit. I really prefer it over the audacity bloatware. I'm not familiar with Flatpak but I downloaded the flatpak and will look into it when gtk2 is gone.

LinuxBeaver commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately Flatpak is a "bloated" static linked format that packs everything to guarantee the app just works.

If you really want to keep things minimalist you will have to learn how to maintain GTK2 yourself. I just wanted to prevent the app from deprecating.

clort81 commented 3 years ago

People can talk about removing GTK2 but GTK3 isn't an unqualified improvement, so the resistance will not waver. Don't worry about 'losing' GTK2.