Re: [arch-dev-public] Dropping Qt4
On 4/28/19 6:44 AM, Antonio Rojas via arch-dev-public wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Now that mumble has been ported to Qt5, I think it's time to finally
> drop Qt4, which has been EOL for 4 years. Most stuff that still depends
> on it has been dead upstream for many years. Here is a full list of
> applications (not libraries or plugins, which can be dropped once
> applications are gone):
>
> clementine - Qt5 port exists in git for years but no release - some
> distros ship a git snapshot, there's also the strawberry Qt5 fork
> fbreader - There's a patch to port to Qt5 in AUR
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbreader-qt5/
> freemat - Last released 6 years ago, there seems to be a Qt-free version
> at https://sourceforge.net/p/freemat/code/HEAD/tree/branches/FreeMat5/
> but with no activity for 2 years
> gebabbel - Last released >10 years ago, gpsbabel already provides a Qt5 UI
> gnuradio - Qt UI can be disabled until it is ported
> hydrogen - Qt5 beta version (>1 year old) available
> keepassx{,2} - We have keepass and keepassxc already
> launchy - Qt5 fork available at https://github.com/Slesa/launchy/
> openssh-askpass - can actually be compiled with Qt5
> qmpdclient - Last released 8 years ago, many alternatives available
> tipp10 - Qt5 fork available at https://gitlab.com/a_a/tipp10/
> tuxcards - Last released 9 years ago, many alternatives available
https://github.com/eli-schwartz/tuxcards port seems to be simple, ISTR
trying to ping jlichtblau and ask if this works for him.
> v4l2ucp - Last released 9 years ago
>
> I propose to move those who can to Qt5 forks, and disable the Qt5 bits
> (if possible) or completely drop the other ones. Any objections?
On the optdepends front:
i7z: Submitted PR at https://github.com/afontenot/i7z/pull/2
graphviz has the optional gvedit program, which looks like it is ported
to qt5 on master.
https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/commit/dd4ca75c2d074672b1a4967a5fc37d14ade5c6d6
Its last release is years old though.
Most other things seem to be "qt4 bindings for X", which only exist
because we build --with-kitchen-sink. I cannot fathom objections to
disabling those bits.
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Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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Re: [arch-dev-public] Unmaintained packages from Dan
On 2019-04-28 11:58:12 (+0200), Jelle van der Waa wrote:
> * munin{,-node}
Urgh, perl. I'm not sure I would like to do that :D
> * numactl
> * irqbalance
I could take over those, though!
Best,
David
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Re: [arch-dev-public] Dropping Qt4
On Sun, 2019-04-28 at 12:44 +0200, Antonio Rojas via arch-dev-public
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Now that mumble has been ported to Qt5, I think it's time to finally
> drop
> Qt4, which has been EOL for 4 years. Most stuff that still depends on
> it
> has been dead upstream for many years. Here is a full list of
> applications
> (not libraries or plugins, which can be dropped once applications
> are
> gone):
>
> clementine - Qt5 port exists in git for years but no release - some
> distros
> ship a git snapshot, there's also the strawberry Qt5 fork
> fbreader - There's a patch to port to Qt5 in AUR
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbreader-qt5/
> freemat - Last released 6 years ago, there seems to be a Qt-free
> version at
> https://sourceforge.net/p/freemat/code/HEAD/tree/branches/FreeMat5/
> but
> with no activity for 2 years
> gebabbel - Last released >10 years ago, gpsbabel already provides a
> Qt5 UI
> gnuradio - Qt UI can be disabled until it is ported
> hydrogen - Qt5 beta version (>1 year old) available
> keepassx{,2} - We have keepass and keepassxc already
> launchy - Qt5 fork available at https://github.com/Slesa/launchy/
> openssh-askpass - can actually be compiled with Qt5
> qmpdclient - Last released 8 years ago, many alternatives available
> tipp10 - Qt5 fork available at https://gitlab.com/a_a/tipp10/
> tuxcards - Last released 9 years ago, many alternatives available
> v4l2ucp - Last released 9 years ago
>
> I propose to move those who can to Qt5 forks, and disable the Qt5
> bits (if
> possible) or completely drop the other ones. Any objections?
Hi Antonio,
I'll take care of clementine asap so you can proceed with this drop.
Cheers,
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Maxime
[arch-dev-public] Dropping Qt4
Hi all,
Now that mumble has been ported to Qt5, I think it's time to finally drop
Qt4, which has been EOL for 4 years. Most stuff that still depends on it
has been dead upstream for many years. Here is a full list of applications
(not libraries or plugins, which can be dropped once applications are
gone):
clementine - Qt5 port exists in git for years but no release - some distros
ship a git snapshot, there's also the strawberry Qt5 fork
fbreader - There's a patch to port to Qt5 in AUR
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbreader-qt5/
freemat - Last released 6 years ago, there seems to be a Qt-free version at
https://sourceforge.net/p/freemat/code/HEAD/tree/branches/FreeMat5/ but
with no activity for 2 years
gebabbel - Last released >10 years ago, gpsbabel already provides a Qt5 UI
gnuradio - Qt UI can be disabled until it is ported
hydrogen - Qt5 beta version (>1 year old) available
keepassx{,2} - We have keepass and keepassxc already
launchy - Qt5 fork available at https://github.com/Slesa/launchy/
openssh-askpass - can actually be compiled with Qt5
qmpdclient - Last released 8 years ago, many alternatives available
tipp10 - Qt5 fork available at https://gitlab.com/a_a/tipp10/
tuxcards - Last released 9 years ago, many alternatives available
v4l2ucp - Last released 9 years ago
I propose to move those who can to Qt5 forks, and disable the Qt5 bits (if
possible) or completely drop the other ones. Any objections?
[arch-dev-public] Unmaintained packages from Dan
Hi all,
We have some packages which used to be maintained by toofishes which he
no longer seems to take care of. So if anyone is willing to maintain
these packages, please adopt them, if they need to be moved to
[community] for a TU, ping me. The packages are:
* munin{,-node}
* numactl
* irqbalance
* cvsps
* csope
* nilfs-tools (I added myself as co-maintainer but I don't really use
it)
Also look at the bugtracker for old bugs, munin for example has a bunch
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