[Pidgin] #6448: On Windows, install GTK+ in Pidgin program directory, not Common Files

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#6448: On Windows, install GTK+ in Pidgin program directory, not Common Files
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Reporter:  PeteBoyd  |       Owner:  datallah       
    Type:  defect    |      Status:  new            
Priority:  minor     |   Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
 Version:  2.4.3     |    Keywords:                 
 Pending:  0         |  
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 I believe it inappropriate for Pidgin to be installing a dynamically
 linked / system-wide GTK+ on Windows. The point of an application
 installing its own GTK+ should be that it installs it statically / per-
 application.


 If people want to manage their own system-wide GTK+ then they can do that,
 which is difficult to do on Windows because the different GTK+ apps
 available aren't moving in step with the version of GTK+ they depend on,
 but they should be allowed to do that if they wish. Having Pidgin install
 a system-wide GTK+ breaks that.


 I don't believe Windows can be approached in the same manner as a Linux
 distribution with respect to GTK+.


 In the last year or so it seems most of the GTK+ apps that weren't already
 doing so on Windows (GIMP, Dia, I think) have chosen to install their own
 per-application GTK+ rather than depend on a system-wide one. This has
 made it easier installing a range of such apps (for example GIMP, Dia,
 XChat, Inkscape).

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