Re: qt-mobility -> qtwebkit, and qt4 removal (was Re: Heads up: proj 7.2.0 + gdal 3.2.0)

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On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 10:26 PM Sandro Mani <manisandro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 05.11.20 20:27, Sandro Mani wrote:
> >
> > On 05.11.20 12:36, Tom Hughes wrote:
> >> On 05/11/2020 11:24, Sandro Mani wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'll be building proj-7.2.0 together with gdal-3.2.0 in rawhide
> >>> shortly. I'll do a round of test builds in this copr [1], and then
> >>> build everything (and rebuild dependent packages) in a rawhide
> >>> side-tag and then merge it.
> >>
> >> That's definitely going to cause some breakage as I believe proj 7 has
> >> finally removed the old legacy API which at least some other things like
> >> mapnik are still using.
> >>
> >> I believe there is an upstream patch for mapnik now but I'll have to
> >> see if it can be backported to the release version...
> >>
> > Yes indeed - I'll go through the breakages, see if newer upstream
> > versions fix the problem, and then will post a list of packages which
> > need to be updated and contact the respective maintainers.
> >
> Soo, this opened a bit a can of worms, as qt-mobility (clearly being of
> the qt4 era dead upstream) is not going to support proj7. Only package
> requiring qt-mobility is qtwebkit, which in turn has a bit more users:
>
> amarok-0:2.9.0-9.fc33.x86_64
> arora-0:0.11.0-23.fc33.x86_64
> brewtarget-0:2.1.0-16.fc33.x86_64
> gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit-0:3.15.2-1.fc34.x86_64
> kde-runtime-libs-0:17.08.3-15.fc33.i686
> kde-runtime-libs-0:17.08.3-15.fc33.x86_64
> kdelibs-6:4.14.38-23.fc34.i686
> kdelibs-6:4.14.38-23.fc34.x86_64
> kdelibs-webkit-6:4.14.38-23.fc34.i686
> kdelibs-webkit-6:4.14.38-23.fc34.x86_64
> knode-libs-0:4.14.10-44.fc33.i686
> knode-libs-0:4.14.10-44.fc33.x86_64
> krecipes-0:2.1.0-12.fc33.x86_64
> ksysguard-libs-1:4.11.22-28.fc33.i686
> ksysguard-libs-1:4.11.22-28.fc33.x86_64
> libkfbapi-0:1.0-16.fc32.i686
> libkfbapi-0:1.0-16.fc32.x86_64
> python3-PyQt4-webkit-0:4.12.3-13.fc33.x86_64
> qlandkartegt-0:1.8.1-28.fc33.x86_64
> qmc2-0:0.195-14.fc34.x86_64
> qt-assistant-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.x86_64
> qt-demos-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.x86_64
> qt-designer-plugin-webkit-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.i686
> qt-designer-plugin-webkit-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.x86_64
> qt-examples-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.i686
> qt-examples-1:4.8.7-57.fc34.x86_64
> qt4pas-0:2.5-21.fc33.i686
> qt4pas-0:2.5-21.fc33.x86_64
> qtscriptbindings-0:0.2.0-23.fc33.i686
> qtscriptbindings-0:0.2.0-23.fc33.x86_64
> qtwebkit-devel-0:2.3.4-32.fc34.i686
> qtwebkit-devel-0:2.3.4-32.fc34.x86_64
> rekonq-0:2.4.2-17.fc33.x86_64
> timetablemate-0:0.10-0.24.20111204git.fc32.x86_64
>
> So among this list, I see as end-user applications:
>
> amarok - dead upstream music player
> arora, rekonq: dead upstream browers, hardly a good idea to use them
> brewtarget: has newer 2.3.0 release which supports Qt5
> gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit: qt4 subpackages could just be dropped
> krecipes: dead upstream
> qlandkartegt: dead upstream
> qmc2: latest trunk seems to support qt5
> timetablemate -> kde-plasma-publictransport: Plasma 5 applet, with last
> update in 2013 apparently
>
>
> Sooo, how about taking this as a pretext to just kick out all the qt4
> stuff? Debian has completed the move in March this year [1].
>
> Opinions?

I, for one, would welcome getting rid of all that old cruft ...
especially if debian already has beaten us to the punch.
Could you pour your research into the Change Proposal wiki template
and propose this for F34? :)

Fabio
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