FS#27916 - [gtk-xfce-engine] shouldnt depend on gtk3

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Alexander V. Butenko (avb) - Thursday, 12 January 2012, 19:42 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 17:56 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Gtk3 is not a required library for this package. Package just ships theme for gtk3.
Currently because of such depends, packman requires to install gtk3.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 17:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  gtk{2,3}-xfce-engine 2.99.0-2
Comment by Balló György (City-busz) - Friday, 13 January 2012, 04:08 GMT
I recommend to move gtk3 from depends to makedepends and optdepends.
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Sunday, 15 January 2012, 17:14 GMT
I see your point, but the same case can be made for gtk2.

I don't see removing either runtime dependency as an option, sorry. (Remember though, that you can build a package without gtk3 using ABS.)
Comment by Alexander V. Butenko (avb) - Sunday, 15 January 2012, 18:52 GMT
Point is that this package is a required dependency of xfce core packages. While xfce don't depend on anything from gtk3 world, I'm still not convienced that gtk3 should be a dependence here.
I know about aur, but if I'd been a fan of compilation I would stick with gentoo.
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 08:39 GMT
Starting with 2.99.0-2, the engine and themes for gtk3 are in a separate package than those for gtk2.

The gtk-xfce-engine package will be replaced by gtk2-xfce-engine on upgrade.

Hope this is a satisfactory solution to the dependencies issue. :)

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