On 01/02/2017 20:26, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I am proposing the removal of WebKitGTK+-2.4.11. > > Currently it is only referenced in two places: midori and gimp. > > In the midori instructions, we already bypass 2.4.11 so the removal there > will only require some minor text changes. The comment we have now are > out of date. > > In gimp, the help system depends optionally on WebKitGTK+-2.4.11. If it > is not used, the system browser is used. > > If there are no objections, I will archive WebKitGTK+-2.4.11 this weekend. > > -- Bruce > > > I have no objections whatsoever at this time. In fact, I'll be happy to see it > disappear. > > I probably need to find a way to dump it off my development system in order to > make sure that certain older GNOME libraries will continue to function. Those > applications just label the dependency as "WEBKITGTK" or something similar, > with no other indication as to what version that they are looking for. GtkHTML > might be an example, although I don't have a book in front of me and am > several hours away from one. > > Douglas R. Reno > --LFS/BLFS systemd maintainer > > See http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-dev/2016-July/032163.html. From that thread, I understand that webkitgtk-2.4 might be needed for systemd. Maybe things have changed now?
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