[Bug 830901] Re: [FFE] Switch default UI from gtk2 to gtk3

[Michael Vogt]

Hello, thanks for your comments.

It is indeed a large UI change. But its building on the gtk2 and backend foundations so while it looks radically different
its not a complete rewrite (but yes, a lot of churn). I don't have hard numbers on the amount of testing the gtk3 version got. But its part of the main s-c package since a ~2 weeks and OMG ubuntu featured it. So we do expect that quite a few people tested it.

As for the gtk2 UI. Its in maintenance mode, we don't add new features,
we only fix straightforward bugs (and backport them to 4.0 when
appropriate). But the testsuite is run against the gtk2 version so we do
notice any breakage.

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Title:
  [FFE] Switch default UI from gtk2 to gtk3

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is a request to change the default UI of software-center from
  gtk2 to gtk3.

  The gtk3 version is part of the software-center package since version
  4.1.12 and people can (and do) launch it via the software-center-gtk3
  commandline switch. I want to make it default in the desktop file now
  as well.

  Technically all the features are already in oneiric and its "just" a UI change, but because its a pretty visible change 
  I still wanted to ensure that this is approved by the release team and on the radar.

  Thanks!
   Michael

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