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

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I have been testing the GTK3 version heavily. This list is mostly
GTK3-specific bugs reported by me and others, though it includes some
that affect GTK2 as well: http://ur1.ca/4y6zr Many of them have been
fixed already. Michael could judge this better than me, but at this
point I think the number of new bugs in the GTK3 UI is comparable to the
number of GTK2-specific bugs it will resolve.

As far as I know, the GTK3 UI does have feature parity, except that the
OneConf plug-in has not been adapted for it, and apturl's "minver"
syntax is not implemented (bug 828281). I believe the improvement in
learnability outweighs that temporary loss.

The banners are obviously placeholders. Otto Greenslade will be working
on initial proper banners. The slow switching between banners is
intentional, equivalent to the slow switching between "Featured" items
on the home screen in 4.x.

The navigation bar looking bad in Radiance is bug 828092.

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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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