Bug 847826

Summary:	kde-apps/libkipi: Why are libkipi and kipi-plugins removed from tree?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	stephan wezel <s.wezel>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	sam, voron1
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452738
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description stephan wezel 2022-05-27 18:33:56 UTC

Why are libkipi and kipi-plugins removed from the gentoo tree?

I found this git commit https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/kde-apps?id=7b31977298fee27e757ae3344a6f66a9b5fce554 which stated that in newer KDE Gears releases those packages where missing.
But that is not the case.

They are still there even in 22.04.1:
https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/22.04.1/src/
https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/22.04.1/src/libkipi-22.04.1.tar.xz
https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/22.04.1/src/kipi-plugins-22.04.1.tar.xz

or for 21.12.0

https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/21.12.0/src/libkipi-21.12.0.tar.xz
https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/21.12.0/src/kipi-plugins-21.12.0.tar.xz


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 stephan wezel 2022-05-27 18:40:14 UTC

kipi-plugins and libkipi packages are also listed  in the KDE Gears Releases Source Info Page.

https://kde.org/info/releases-21.12.0/
https://kde.org/info/releases-21.12.3/
https://kde.org/info/releases-22.04.1/

Comment 2 Hans Ulli Kroll 2022-05-28 04:13:02 UTC

Please read
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452738

Comment 3 stephan wezel 2022-05-28 04:56:06 UTC

(In reply to Hans Ulli Kroll from comment #2)
> Please read
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452738

AH ok. Then the git commit message was a bit misleading.

Comment 4 Sam James archtester

2022-05-28 04:58:33 UTC

(In reply to stephan wezel from comment #3)
> (In reply to Hans Ulli Kroll from comment #2)
> > Please read
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452738
> 
> AH ok. Then the git commit message was a bit misleading.

I'm sorry that the commit message was misleading. They're likely to be dropped in newer KDE Gear releases. They are very much on the chopping block.

The support for them in all KDE Gear applications is rotting and there's no real interest in keeping it alive.