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For anyone running a kde-plasma5 desktop who wonders what it takes to |
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kill it in 5 as USE=-semantic-desktop did in kde4... |
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I don't have a full kde5 desktop installed, but of what I have, only two |
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packages depend on baloo: kde-plasma/plasma-desktop and kde-plasma/plasma- |
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workspace. |
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I've been able to patch out the (source) deps, and instead of patching |
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the ebuilds themselves, I've placed those patches in the appropriate |
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/etc/portage/patches/kde-plasma/plasma-[desktop|workspace]/ locations so |
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the ebuilds apply them automatically, and either package.provided the |
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baloo package itself to fake the dep for the ebuilds (works, but |
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package.provided is deprecated), or created a fake baloo in my overlay |
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that installs no files (what I'm actually doing now). |
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That eliminates the actual baloo installation alone with the couple of |
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other packages that only it pulled in on my system. |
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Here's the enhancement bug I filled asking if the gentoo/kde project is |
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interested, with the two source patches attached. |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578664 |
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If /you/ as a gentoo/kde /user/ are interested, the two sources patches |
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are there. While you're there, commenting on the bug that you too would |
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like baloo to be optional, and mentioning anything else kde5-based on |
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your system that pulls in baloo, that likely also needs patched, would be |
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useful. |
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And of course don't forget to CC yourself on the bug if you want to |
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follow how it turns out. |
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Thanks. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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