Is 2.8 widely available now? If so, we may want to set that as the
minimum for first release.
I did a quick search on Distrowatch.org and it looks like 2.8 is
available on most Linux distributions these days. As for Windows and OSX
I couldn't tell you.
Yes, 2.8 is defacto on most Linux distributions. For OS X users, 2.8
is available on MacPorts. For Windows users it hardly matters, since
we will be bundling a Gtk+ runtime with a release (the same goes for
Gnope).
I think if we are going to change the version for the 2.0 release, we
should go with the latest version. What's the point in going half way.
That being said, I would rather see 2.0 sooner rather than later which
means stick with Gtk+2.6 and then go to Gtk+2.10 for the 2.1 release.
I would vote for setting 2.8 as a base for the 2.0 release, and then
switching to 2.10 when we release 2.1. The reasoning here is that 2.8
is what is considered to be "stable" and will be around for a long
time to come, while 2.10 is still hot off the oven; it would be wise
to wait a while for it to settle down.
In any case, there is no reason for us to stick to 2.6 anymore. Also,
migrating to 2.8 shouldn't take much effort; the only major change
that could be of trouble is Cairo support. The other changes are
pretty trivial and should not be difficult to incorporate.
- Anant