[Gambas-user] Packaging problems with X11 and Wayland

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 21/04/2021 à 20:48, Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> Le 21/04/2021 à 20:32, Laurent Carlier a écrit :
>> 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
>>
> 
> Mmm... You should be able to install both x11 and wayland support at the 
> same time. Isn't it a problem?
> 

In debian I can make a "OR" between dependencies, so I was thinking 
using that instead.

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Benoît Minisini