Dave Beckett wrote:
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No, do not do this.
I already said that I won't change/bloat the cairo+directfb udebs
that are for the installer. They don't need PDF and PS support
and do need lib/dev debs that match the udeb so that other udebs
can be built against them, such as the gtk+directfb udeb.
If your only concern is about cairodfb size, i guess having the system
libraries passing thru mklibs before being installed into the d-i ISO
image will cut away any unneded symbol like all the GTK+ printing stuff.
PS and PDF cairo's backends are required by the printing stuff
introduced in GTK 2.10 series, which is usually unuseful in embedded
devices.
I remember plans for post 2.10 GTK+ releases were to allow selective
disabling compilation of the printing stuff, but there is little chance
this feature to be introduced in GTK 2.10 series.
- to rebuild Cairo against the new DirectFB which changes SONAME, I
hope an upload to experimental will be possible once DirectFB is
uploaded but I've not requested that yet
current cairo-directfb depends from DFB 0.9.25, so i guess this is solved ?
Correct, this was only required because of the first point.
Is this gtk bump is really required for the etch release?
At this stage I'm not seeing why gtk+directfb is a priority to have
versus having stability of libraries.
Current GTKDFB 2.8.20 libraries found in debian repositories contain an
old DFB backend i backported some months ago from GTK 2.9.x, and this
backends not only has poor performance in some cases, but is also
affected by a couple of serious bugs (like #385026) that were solved in
GTK+ 2.10.2 release.
If necessary we'll have to make a 3rd rebuild of cairo. I'm wondering
about having two source packages, one that builds the udeb+deb
cairo+directfb minimal (which can be subjected to release freezes)
and the other that builds the cairo/cairo+directfb with full features.
Or can I just enable directfb in the main cairo build? Do you really
want a cairo with no X?
Yes, please: the GTK on DFB project is raising interest between people
involved in embedded linux development because the possibility to run a
GTK app without running an X server too.
Attilio
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