Bug 512978

Summary:	xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.11.x should conditionally depend on x11-libs/gtk+:3
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jesús Guerrero Botella (RETIRED) <i92guboj>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	XFCE Team <xfce>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	512974
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Description Jesús Guerrero Botella (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-11 15:15:12 UTC

I just tested it, it builds, it works. You definitely don't want to install gtk2 *AND* 3 just to run the xfce panel. It should be configurable via a use flagm and link to either version. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. keywords xfce4-panel-4.11.x for your ~arch
2. emerge it in a gtk+3-less system
3. watch it pull yet another gtk+ version into your system


Expected Results:  
It only needs one of the gtk+'s to run, it shouldn't pull in both of them.


Upstream has just release "initial support for gtk+-3", as I see it, it shouldn't be either necessary nor the default toolkit. In any case, I am pretty sure a lot of Gentoo users would welcome the possibility to continue using their panels without gtk+3 once 4.11.x is stabilized.

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-21 10:30:14 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 374057 ***