On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:35:29 -0500 Leo Famulari <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 09:43:49PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: > [...] > [...] > [...] > > > $ guix refresh -l qt-4 > > > Building the following 18 packages would ensure 24 dependent packages > > > are rebuilt: soprano-2.9.4 python2-pyqt-4.11.4 polkit-qt-1-0.112.0 > > > frescobaldi-2.18.1 keepassx-2.0.2 hydrogen-0.9.5.1 strigi-0.7.8 > > > attica-0.4.2 pumpa-0.9.2 libdbusmenu-qt-0.9.2 phonon-4.8.3 > > > brdf-explorer-17 gpsbabel-1.5.0 librecad-2.0.6-rc > > > alsa-modular-synth-2.1.2 qtractor-0.7.3 ardour-4.4 jalv-1.4.6 > > > > Some of them have no dependent packages, and I think they are mainly or > > exclusively used for KDE-4, which I started packaging a while ago (and > > dropped again when I got my Novena, as it turns out that KDE is too > > resource demanding). In any case, we would package KDE-5 now, and I would > > suggest to simply remove these packages. There are traces in git, so if > > it turns out we will need them in the end, we can still revive them. > > This concerns: > > attica soprano strigi polkit-qt automoc4 qjson libdbusmenu-qt > > So while we are it it, I suggest to simply remove kde.scm (there is no use > > in keeping a lonely oxygen-icons around...). > > > > Also, python2-pyqt has no dependent package. > > > > I looked at frescobaldi; they claim that a Qt-5 port is on the TODO list > > for their version 3, but without giving any timings. > > > > If there is no outcry, I will remove the above-mentioned packages/modules. > > > > Could maybe people using the other packages have a look at them? > > I noticed that Efraim has upgraded a few qt-4 dependencies so that they > can use qt(-5). > A bunch of the programs that use qt-4 currently use the cmake-build-system, and it seems that cmake or something else reads Qt > 4.2 and won't accept qt-5 as an input. Currently CMake is at 3.3.2, I was going to update it to 3.4.3 but 3.5.0 is almost out. It could be that this is what allows those programs to be switched. -- Efraim Flashner <[email protected]> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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