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FS#20981 - [finch] split package into finch and libgnt

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Marq Schneider (queueRAM) - Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 20:33 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 19 February 2011, 17:19 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
I would like to request that libgnt be split from the finch package into its own package. Finch, a terminal-based IM client, uses libgnt (Glib Ncurses Toolkit) for rendering its widgets. libgnt is similar to GTK but for the terminal instead of X windows. I would like to use this library with other programs not related to finch and certainly don't want to depend on the whole libgnt->finch->python,libpurple->farsight,dbus etc. dependency graph in order to use it.

Additional info:
split the current finch package into:
* finch
* libgnt
Have finch depend on libgnt.

If this is of interest, i can supply an updated PKGBUILD for pidgin (where finch is currently derived from) which incorporates this change.
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Saturday, 19 February 2011, 17:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 07 October 2010, 13:16 GMT
i don't intent to split libgnt. right now there is no other application in our repos that depends on it, upstream doesn't ship that to be used as an external library.

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