On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 07:20:00AM +0200, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> I could imagine the time is right, so soon after the release. I would
> like to import initial wayland ports and thus also a new category
> "wayland".
>
> I realise that it will take time for wayland to work, but that is not
> important for now.
>
> Example: x11/kde-applications/spectacle
>
> Spectacle needs kwayland/qtwayland as a strong dependency (I can build
> this) to be able to take screenshots under either X11 or wayland. Means
> it is not needed at runtime but we can update it. (Currently stuck at a
> very old version).
>
> Does this make sense to you? Is a new category OK for you?
>
> I would be very happy to receive feedback from all porters.
Thanks for looking into this.
I think it would make sense to import them if it makes your work on
KDE easier. Also, being proactive regarding Wayland will allow to start
upstreaming patches and ensure it at least keeps building on OpenBSD,
so I view this as a good thing.
The potential downsides I see is that those packages might be auto-
detected at configure time by some of our existing ports, and some ports
might need to be adjusted. Another question is how much time this will
be adding to bulk builds, could you give some information about how long
it takes to build those packages on your machine?
No strong opinion regarding adding a new category, I noticed the other
BSDs didn't seem to create a new category but this doesn't mean we
shouldn't do it.
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