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Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects

From	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects
Date	2024-06-14 12:30 +0200
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On Fri, 2024-06-14 at 10:33 +0200, Sune Stolborg Vuorela wrote:
> On Friday, June 14, 2024 10:25:59 AM CEST John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > I'm not denying that. However, a package named "qml6-module-qtquick-effects"
> > doesn't sound like an interpreter to me.
> > 
> > Thus, I don't really see how I am supposed to know as a maintainer what
> > packages add Depends except for trial and error. Why not have one canonical
> > "qt-interpretor" package or similar that applications can depend on?
> 
> This is a module for a interpreted language. It is not much different than a 
> python package might need a hardcoded dependency on python-foo if it uses 
> that. or a perl package might need a hardcoded dependency on libperl-foo-bar-
> baz if it uses the Foo::Bar::Baz perl module for important functionality.
> 
> all qml*-module packages are qml (interpreted language) extensions.
> 
> And yes. trial and error - or reading the sources - is for many interpreted 
> languages the only way of figuring it out.

Ugh, that's truly a step backwards and way to add more burden to maintainers.

I guess we'll be seeing plenty of such bug reports in the future when extensions
get moved around or new ones get added.

Adrian

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Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-06-12 19:20 +0200
  Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects Sune Stolborg Vuorela <sune@debian.org> - 2024-06-14 10:20 +0200
    Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-06-14 10:30 +0200
      Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects Sune Stolborg Vuorela <sune@debian.org> - 2024-06-14 10:40 +0200
        Bug#1073063: ausweisapp should depend on qml6-module-qtquick-effects John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2024-06-14 12:30 +0200

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