[Gambas-user] Packaging problems with X11 and Wayland

[Laurent Carlier]

Le mercredi 21 avril 2021, 20:09:04 CEST Laurent Carlier a écrit :
> Le mercredi 21 avril 2021, 19:28:07 CEST Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I think that the problem with the current packaging and 'gb.desktop' is
> > that when using a GUI component or gb.desktop, you need either X11 or
> > wayland support.
> > 
> > But package manager (afaik) can't handle that. Either you create no
> > dependency, and you have to install the x11 or wayland packages
> > manually, either you created dependencies on both x11 and wayland, and
> > it's idiot, as now you are force to install unneeded packages.
> > 
> > So I think a part of the solution would be creating two meta-packages:
> > 'gambas3-x11-support' and 'gambas3-wayland-support' that would install
> > all x11 or wayland related packages ('gb.qt5', 'gb.gtk3' and
> > 'gb.desktop' have such packages).
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> Resolved in Archlinux; gambas3-gb-desktop will depend on gambas3-gb-desktop-
> driver (?)  and gambas3-gb-desktop-x11 and gambas3-gb-desktop
> -wayland will provide gambas3-gb-desktop-driver
> 
> Like that when installing gambas3-gb-desktop you'll have to install (at
> least) one of them.
> 
> Regards.

In debian, it's a virtual package

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/pkg-basics.en.html#virtual
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