VPN plug-ins and GTK3 support

[Michael Biebl]

Am 20.03.25 um 11:58 schrieb Íñigo Huguet:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM David Sommerseth <dazo+nm at eurephia.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been working on a brand new VPN plug-in for OpenVPN 3 Linux for a
>> while, and it is progressing.  I see basically all other VPN plugins add
>> support for GTK3 and GTK4.
>>
>> What is the long-term plan for GTK3?  Which distributions do still
>> depend on GTK3?
>>
>> Or to ask differently, do I need to consider adding support for GTK3 in
>> parallel to GTK4?
> 
> I've seen your questions in IRC and didn't respond because I don't
> know. I answer now so
> you don't keep asking in the air, but without much to say.
> 
> It is not clear to us, the NetworkManager maintainers, either.
> Disadvantages of not collecting
> tons of data from users.
> 
> Let's see if someone has some insights...
> 
> 

nm-applet/nm-connection-editor is still GTK3 only afaics, i.e. if the 
new VPN plugin should work within nm-connection-editor it would need 
GTK3 support.

IIRC, the GTK4 versions of the plugins are for gnome-control-center, 
which is GTK4 based nowadays.

Michael
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