Ignore the above emails, it seems that v8 is no longer needed as of 5.2 I will look into packaging that
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Jackson Doak <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarded to kubuntu since it affects them too > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jackson Doak <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:36 AM > Subject: Qt on PowerPC > To: Julien Lavergne <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> > > > Currently most of Qt fails to build in ubuntu on powerpc. This is a > huge bug for us since LXDE is rather dependant on Qt. > > The build issues can all be traced back to the javascript backend for > Qt requiring google's v8 engine to work. The build log is at > https://launchpadlibrarian.net/147271709/buildlog_ubuntu-saucy-powerpc.qtjsbackend-opensource-src_5.0.2-3_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz > . v8 is also used by chrome and chromium as a backend. > > The FTBFS list is at http://qa.ubuntuwire.org/ftbfs/ > > One possible solution is using the un-official v8 port. The old > version is at https://github.com/ic/v8-powerpc and the new version at > https://github.com/andrewlow/v8ppc . > > To-Do list (in no particular order): > 1. Investigate which packages don't actually need the js backend and > try to force them to build > 2. Get julien to comment on this because he knows more than i do > 3. Test both of the v8 git versions, see if either work well enough > for us to use. > 4. package the v8 git version we choose to use and patch the other > code to be able to use it. > 5. Contact the developers of the git versions for their help. > > It would be great if we could have this working by 14.04 > > Jackson -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
