[pkg-cinnamon] Doubts about some dependencies cinnamon comparing with upstream

[Maximiliano Curia]

¡Hola Fabio!

El 2014-06-05 a las 13:01 +0200, Fabio Fantoni escribió:
> On build-dep I saw libwnck-dev on upstream missed on debian, is not needed
> and correct?

libwnck-dev is an old part of gnome2, I think that's a left over from the
original package cinnamon is based on.

> I also saw some build-deps that debian have but missed upstream on which I
> have no certainties with a quick check:
> libecal1.2-dev, libfolks-dev, libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-dev, libmozjs185-dev,
> libtelepathy-glib-dev, libtelepathy-logger-dev, libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev,
> libgl1-mesa-dev
> are all needed for build on "clean basic system" and should be added also
> upstream?

I don't remember each one of these, libmozjs185-dev was need for cjs. There
is a script in devscripts called dpkg-genbuilddeps that can be useful to check
if the build dependencies can be reduced. But, you need to be sure that after
reducing the build dependencies you are not removing some optional feature.
So, read the build log carefully, and test the package before and after
reducing the build dependencies.

> About cinnamon package depends:
> - python-opencv on upstream is dependency but on debian recently added only
> as suggest, why? I think can be good add it as dependency instead.

If installed, when the user tries to set a picture for her profile a new button
appears that allows her to take a picture with the webcam. So, it's not worth
a hard dependency.

> - metacity and gnome-panel|tint2 are dependencies on upstream but not on
> debian, seemunnecessary dependenciesto remove in the upstream, right?

I think they are left over of the old package.

> - upstream have these additional recommends: gnome-themes-standard and
> gnome-terminal, can be useful or not?

gnome-terminal | x-terminal-emulator

Can be useful, not sure about gnome-themes-standard

> - upstream on provides have also notification-daemon, is correct and should
> be added also on debian?

Ups, yes, that should be added.

> Thanks for any reply and sorry for my bad english.

It will get better with time and practice, but there is no need to apologize
on every mail.

Thanks for reviewing this.
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