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Hello Gentoo devs, |
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I have been maintaining the Qt5 updated media-gfx/freecad-0.18* for some |
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time in my overlay[1]. As far as I can see, all dependencies have either |
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been released in the main portage tree, or have blocking bugs open[2][3][4]. |
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To develop the re-adding of the package further, I'd like to discuss the |
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possibility of adding a USE_EXPAND variable called FREECAD_MODULES as noted |
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in profiles/base/make.defaults. |
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Rationale |
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FreeCAD has a modular design of different so-called workspaces. This |
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enables the program to be built for the particular purposes of i.e. |
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architectural CAD, engineering CAD, FEM, ship design and even raytracing or |
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robot simulation. Those workspaces can, to some extent, be built |
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independently of each other. They are dependant on some basic modules which |
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serve as the core engine of the program. |
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To give the user the possibility to build FreeCAD depending on it's needs, |
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the FREECAD_MODULES should be used. |
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Currently the variable has ~40 modules defined. For a complete list, I'd |
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like to refer to the ebuild in my overlay. I'm open for discussion on the |
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list of modules, it might be possible, that some of them are better placed |
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in USE flags. |
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I hope, this variable get's an approval from the devs. I personally found |
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the alternative, to use a whole lot of USE flags less elegant than this |
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solution. |
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Thank you for your time! I'm happy for any feedback I'll receive on this |
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topic. |
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Regards, |
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Bernd |
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[1] https://github.com/waebbl/waebbl-gentoo/tree/master/media-gfx/freecad |
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[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/624682 |
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[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/659478 |
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[4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/686972 |
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