[Freeciv-Dev] RFC: dropping support for the gui-gtk client

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Our intent is that alpha-levels should be used in the graphics for 
Freeciv 2.1.  gui-gtk does not support this and there is nobody who will 
update it I think.  Also this client has no maintainer and has not been 
actively developed for some time.  Finally, anyone who can use the GTK 
client can use the GTK2 client also (gtk2 is more portable than gtk1.2).
So it is our intent to drop support for gui-gtk before Freeciv 2.1. 
We've already disable automatic detection of the client.  As long as the 
code still compiles we can continue to distribute it but unless someone 
steps up and starts maintaining it, this will not be for long.  If 
anyone does want to maintain this client, you are welcome to do so. 
However your efforts are probably better spent doing development on the 
gui-gtk-2.0 client.
-jason short