[Development] Removal of dead git submodules from qt5.git

[Chris Adams]

Hi Lorn,

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:03 AM Lorn Potter <lorn.potter at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 29/11/19 7:05 PM, Alex Blasche wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to remove some of the ancient submodules from qt5.git. They never were part of the Qt 5 offering anyway and mostly we were not sure whether we reactivate them. Considering that we never had a use through Qt 5's life time, I think it's time to remove them from the default setup. Note that the git repo's stay around. You just have to manually add them to your checkout
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> > In particular I am talking about:
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> >   - qtdocgallery
> >   - qtfeedback
> >   - qtpim
> >   - qtsystems
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> I have no problems with that.
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> I would have liked to see qtsystems split into the three constituent
> parts - publishandsubscribe, serviceframework and systeminfo.
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> Although Mer/Jolla still use these I believe... Chris?

I think Jolla uses systeminfo, but I don't believe the other two are
in use.  I may be mistaken.

> But it might be more of a pain than its worth at this point.

I agree.

Best regards,
Chris.

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> > If you disagree, please let me know and state a reason.
> >
> > Thank you.
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