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2009-07-01 , 13:51
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Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
You seem to forget that most GTK+ desktop apps are using the latest libs... which are not available for Maemo 4.
IIRC there's a notice somewhere in one of the Maemo development guides that says Maemo 4 is approximately on the level of Debian X (forgot which version), so porting applications from this version of Debian is recommended.

I see no problem with that. There's no need to port more recent versions if porting an older one is more simple and straightforward.

Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
Sometimes its easier to rewrite an app than to get it running.
Certainly, this is 100% true - not only because of the issue with library versions, but also because of UI issues etc.
But "sometimes" implies that sometimes it's the other way round.