Bug 850175 – net-libs/webkit-gtk: maybe this is possible to make notification-daemon optional

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Vitaly Zdanevich 2022-06-06 23:49:24 UTC]

I do not need it, prefer less dependencies.

[Comment 1 Sam James 2022-06-07 22:13:16 UTC]

Is there a reason you believe it's optional?

[Comment 2 Vitaly Zdanevich 2022-06-08 04:42:25 UTC]

Firefox do not need this notification daemon - why Webkit "need" it? Webkit is for rendering of HTML/CSS/JS, notifications is an additional feature.

[Comment 3 Sam James 2022-06-08 04:45:58 UTC]

(In reply to Vitaly Zdanevich from comment #2)
> Firefox do not need this notification daemon - why Webkit "need" it? Webkit
> is for rendering of HTML/CSS/JS, notifications is an additional feature.

That doesn't mean that it's actually optional in the build system or the code. We can only make it optional in Gentoo if it's:
1. easy to patch out; or
2. an option in the build system already.

We're not magicians. Can you provide such a patch?

[Comment 4 Vitaly Zdanevich 2022-06-08 04:48:15 UTC]

Have no time for this :(

But I am sure that this is not very difficult.

[Comment 5 Sam James 2022-06-08 04:54:06 UTC]

(In reply to Vitaly Zdanevich from comment #4)
> Have no time for this :(
> 
> But I am sure that this is not very difficult.

If you're so sure, please have a go at it.

[Comment 6 Vitaly Zdanevich 2022-06-08 05:18:12 UTC]

Maybe, but please merge my this pull request first https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/24674