[debbugs-tracker] bug#18674: closed (Bug#762435: emacs24: Warning message from GLib-GObject)

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> Recently reported to Debian.
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> Santiago Vila <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Package: emacs24
> > Version: 24.3+1-5+b1
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> > Hello Rob. I got this today under unstable:
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> > (emacs:29258): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkMisc:xalign is
> > deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
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> > which apparently means emacs is using some obsolete feature of Gtk.
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> cf. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762435
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> Hello.
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> This is fixed in trunk.  We have one deprecated call left,
> gtk_widget_set_double_buffered.
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> We can't get rid of that without adding Gtk rendering (i.e. Cairo) and only 
> rendering in callbacks, that is on expose events.  This is a major job.
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>         Jan D.
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> Den 2014-10-12 06:34, Stefan Monnier skrev:
> > > Every Gtk release deprecates a lot of stuff, those guys can never seem to
> > > decide on anything.
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> > To be fair, we do kind of the same [ Not sure how we compare in terms of
> > number of years between declaring something obsolete and actually
> > removing it, tho.  ]
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> > At least for things we deprecate, I don't expect everyone to immediately
> > start using the new functionality, because many Elisp packages want to
> > provide compatibility with older releases, so I think it's OK for Emacs
> > to use deprecated Emacs interfaces as long as they've been
> > deprecated recently.
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> > But we should update the code to use the new replacement "as soon as
> > possible" within the limits of our manpower and the added complexity of
> > potentially having to support both the old and the new functionality at
> > the same time (via configure tests, typically).
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> > > I don't know if these should be fixed in emacs-24 or not.
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> > No, much too late for that.
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> > > Emacs 24 probably won't compile on Gnome 4, but chances are we have a bugfix
> > > release out before Gnome 4, or even 25.1.
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> > If/when this is a problem, we can indeed release a bug-fix for it.
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> >          Stefan
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