[Development] Orphan modules

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

El miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2018 12:38:03 -03 Thiago Macieira escribió:
> On Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:44:36 PDT Gatis Paeglis wrote:
> > > With the proposed solution of making platform plugins libraries with
> > > their
> > > own private headers, we can have these apis closer to the platform code,
> > > and without lots of plumbing and indirection. I think the qtmacextras
> > > module in particular should be deprecated ASAP, and will strongly oppose
> > > any new APIs added to it.
> > 
> > +1 for deprecating qtx11extras as well and moving the code closer to
> > actual
> > plugin. It is frustrating to have all that boilerplate code for 1 header
> > file - qx11info_x11.h
> 
> I was going to say we needed replacement API for it, but I realise the
> QX11EmbedContainer is not there. Since people have lived for the last 6
> years without it in Qt 5, it doesn't seem we really need a replacement.
> 
> What do applications do if they need to XEmbed another application's window
> (for example, VirtualBox for the guest window)? And how do they find out the
> real pixel size of it, in case scaling is active?

After reading this I thought of checking which packages would need to be 
modified in Debian if for some reason qtx11extras ceased to exist. The list is 
not precisely small:

# Broken Build-Depends:
actiona: libqt5x11extras5-dev
breeze: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
calligra: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.3.0)
calligraplan: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0)
cb2bib: libqt5x11extras5-dev
clementine: libqt5x11extras5-dev
compton-conf: libqt5x11extras5-dev
danmaq: libqt5x11extras5-dev
dde-qt5integration: libqt5x11extras5-dev
deepin-image-viewer: libqt5x11extras5-dev
deepin-movie-reborn: libqt5x11extras5-dev
deepin-qt5dxcb-plugin: libqt5x11extras5-dev
deepin-screen-recorder: libqt5x11extras5-dev
deepin-screenshot: libqt5x11extras5-dev
digikam: libqt5x11extras5-dev
dpuser: libqt5x11extras5-dev
drkonqi: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
dtkwidget: libqt5x11extras5-dev
dtkwm: libqt5x11extras5-dev
falkon: libqt5x11extras5-dev
featherpad: libqt5x11extras5-dev
frameworkintegration: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
fw4spl: libqt5x11extras5-dev
gambas3: libqt5x11extras5-dev
goldendict: libqt5x11extras5-dev
gst-plugins-good1.0: libqt5x11extras5-dev
gwenview: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.6.0~)
jag: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kadu: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kadu-mime-tex: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kaffeine: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0)
kalarm: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.7.0~)
kcm-fcitx: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kcrash: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kdbusaddons: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kde-cli-tools: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
kde-spectacle: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0~)
kdeconnect: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.7.0~)
kdelibs4support: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kdeplasma-addons: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
kdocker: libqt5x11extras5-dev
keepassxc: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kgamma5: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0~)
kglobalaccel: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kguiaddons: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
khotkeys: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0~)
khtml: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kidletime: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kio: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kjobwidgets: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
klatexformula: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kmplayer: libqt5x11extras5-dev
knotes: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.7.0~)
knotifications: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
konqueror: libqt5x11extras5-dev
krfb: libqt5x11extras5-dev
krita: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.6.0)
kruler: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
kscreen: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
kscreenlocker: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
ktouch: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.5~)
kvirc: libqt5x11extras5-dev
kwin: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
kwindowsystem: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
kxmlgui: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
kxstitch: libqt5x11extras5-dev
libfm-qt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
libkscreen: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
libksysguard: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
liblxqt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
libqtpas: libqt5x11extras5-dev
libreoffice: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.6)
lximage-qt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-about: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-admin: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-config: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-globalkeys: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-notificationd: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-openssh-askpass: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-panel: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-policykit: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-powermanagement: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-qtplugin: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-runner: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-session: libqt5x11extras5-dev
lxqt-sudo: libqt5x11extras5-dev
obconf-qt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
obs-studio: libqt5x11extras5-dev
oxygen: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
paraview: libqt5x11extras5-dev
pavucontrol-qt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
pcmanfm-qt: libqt5x11extras5-dev
phonon-backend-gstreamer: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.2.0~)
plasma-desktop: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.10.0~)
plasma-framework: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
plasma-integration: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
plasma-workspace: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
powerdevil: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.0~)
psi: libqt5x11extras5-dev
psi-plus: libqt5x11extras5-dev
pyqt5: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.9.1)
pyside2: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qcomicbook: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0)
qjackctl: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qmmp: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4)
qps: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qqc2-desktop-style: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.8.0~)
qsampler: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qsynth: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qtav: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qtcreator: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.6.2~)
qtcurve: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qtdoc-opensource-src: qtx11extras5-doc-html (>= 5.11.1~)
qterminal: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qtop: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qtractor: libqt5x11extras5-dev
qxgedit: libqt5x11extras5-dev
renderdoc: libqt5x11extras5-dev
screengrab: libqt5x11extras5-dev
sddm-kcm: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.4.0~)
simplescreenrecorder: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.7)
swift-im: libqt5x11extras5-dev (>= 5.0.0)
uim: libqt5x11extras5-dev
virtualbox/contrib: libqt5x11extras5-dev
vlc: libqt5x11extras5-dev
vokoscreen: libqt5x11extras5-dev
vtk7: libqt5x11extras5-dev
x2goclient: libqt5x11extras5-dev
yakuake: libqt5x11extras5-dev
zeal: libqt5x11extras5-dev

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