On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:01:24 +0300 Hussam Al-Tayeb <ht990332@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 20:33 +0200, JM wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:17 +0200, JM wrote: > > >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Jan de Groot > > >> <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 22:48 +0200, JM wrote: > > >> >> Hello, > > >> >> > > >> >> I noticed that libsoup in [testing] depends on gconf, is that > > >> >> really necessary? Libsoup is a dependency for some > > >> >> desktop-agnostic applications such as Midori (through its > > >> >> dependency on libwebkit) or hardinfo (currently in AUR). > > >> >> > > >> >> Regards, > > >> >> JM > > >> > > > >> > This is a temporary bugfix. At this moment the libproxy code > > >> > in libsoup is unstable, so the libsoup developers decided to > > >> > disable libproxy and use gconf instead for proxy detection. > > >> > The changelog states that it's a temporary solution that will > > >> > be worked out for 2.26.0. With 2.26.1, the dependencies will > > >> > be the same as we had with the 2.25.x release which was in > > >> > testing for a while. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> libsoup 2.26.1-1 still carries the dependency on gconf. Has the > > >> situation changed? > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> JM > > > > > > No it hasn't, as this needs to be fixed inside libproxy. Libproxy > > > is not threadsafe when it calls into gconf, so libsoup calls into > > > GConf itself to get the proxy information and passes the > > > information to libproxy. Until libproxy is fixed to do threadsafe > > > calls into GConf, the dependency on GConf will stay. > > > > > > > > > > I mistakenly assumed that the problem had lied within libsoup not > > libproxy. Thanks for clarifying that. > > > > Regards, > > JM > > gconf only depends on orbit2>=2.14.17 gtk2>=2.16.0 libxml2>=2.7.3 > policykit>=0.9 libldap>=2.3.43 > It has no dependencies on "ugly" gnome libs (libgnome, libbonobo) so > non gnome users shouldn't have problem with it. But isn't gconf a daemon? There's an app in development I might want to use that uses vala and gconf, and I don't know how bad that gconf daemon is.. regards, Philipp
