Bug#879228: Bug#871964: swt-gtk: Build-depends on libwebkitgtk-dev which is deprecated

Jeremy Bicha jbicha at debian.org
Tue Oct 24 21:50:05 UTC 2017


On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk at debian.org> wrote:
> Any fix for swt-gtk should also include fixing the other RC bug #879170,
> and that would keep webkitgtk in buster - removing webkitgtk from buster
> without also removing libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni is simply wrong.
>
> An actual fix has to include either updating Eclipse or removing
> Eclipse from buster.

Yeah, um, I looked into removing Eclipse from Buster and from what I
saw, it did not appear practical. See my report at comment #130
https://bugs.debian.org/681726

Eclipse is the only remaining reverse-depends of #879170 in Testing
once tuxguitar migrates soon. So if we ignore Eclipse, we're left with
the RC bug I am fixing in my NMU being the only thing keeping
webkitgtk from being removed from Buster.

There's also https://bugs.debian.org/879228 but I'm hoping that will
be solvable and in my opinion it doesn't need to block webkitgtk's
removal. I am mentioning both of these outstanding RC bugs in the RM
bug I plan to file with the Release Team next week so it will be up to
them to decide.

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha



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