On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:48:09AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> kdekebkit is a part of the kf5 libraries. We've been building all the
> packages in kf5 from the beginning. Actually it is very small. It only has
> 19 files (5 cpp and 6 h files). It is essentially a wrapper around
> QtWebKit. I do not know of anything that uses it.
>
> I can find no reference to 'qtweb' in my kf5 log.
>
Thanks. With cmake it is often hard to disentangle dependencies.
The bigger problem with kde is that things can fall out of use
without anyone noticing. I suspect this is an example.
> I do build all the kde apps in the book, but generally only use konsole and
> okular regularly. At one time I fantasized about making a youtube video
> about LFS using kdenlive. I never seem to find sufficient time though. I
> do like k3b for ripping CDs, but don't do that much any more.
>
> In any case, I'm OK with dropping qtwebkit, I can also live with dropping
> qtwebengine and qupzilla. We have five other graphical browsers and three
> text browsers.
>
Well, I would be ok with dropping chromium, midori, and seamonkey!
But all of those, along with qtwebengine and qupzilla, are
maintained and receiving fixes for bugs and vulnerabilities.
> That said, my initial reaction is to put all of these in the 8.2 release and
> do it soon after when we have six months to sort any issues that may arise.
>
> -- Bruce
Yeah, I figured it might be a bit short notice to drop the two I
suggested.
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