Re: An End User's POV [was libqtxdg-4.2.0 build fails]

On Sat, 2025-08-16 at 18:54 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> On Sat, 2025-08-16 at 11:29 +0200, Rainer Fiebig wrote:
> > If what Joe Locash said is correct, then any of the three
> > run-time-dependencies for libnotify would suffice.
> 
> To be precise, not "any" but the one corresponding to your desktop
> environment.  We can take the runtime dependency list of polkit as an
> example.
> 
> > I've already made a suggestion that would make that clearer.
> > And perhaps this should even
> > be amended by a note that the two desktop-environment-associated
> > packages would have to be built in the build-order required for
> > that
> > desktop-environment.
> 
> I still think we should track the dependency correctly instead of
> just
> relying on a specific build order.  I often build GNOME in an order
> different from the book.

100% Agreed!!, not only for GNOME but also for many other components...
Problem: far too many linux parts have a loop within
the building order (A -> need B -> need C -> need A).
this because most of the upstream contributor see only their parts
without knowing/keeping/designing applications/parts/libs
withing its specific layer.
This means as "distribution" builder we need to do
compromise/choise and such, result is not predictable/reliable.
(such saying otherwise, "Houston we have problem"); 

Linux from scratch project contribution to linux eco-system
could/should be to encourage upstream contributor to keep
their parts within their designed/known layer.

Ok, this is easier to say than to do, but still...

-- 
a bientôt

Jean-Marc Pigeon
SAFE Inc.

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