Sunday, July 27, 2025

Re: Remove x11/lxqt/compton-conf and x11/lxqt/build-tools

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 11:58:25AM +0200, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> On Sun Jul 27, 2025 at 10:58:19AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 10:44:54AM +0200, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> > > I plan to update the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment to 2.2 but
> > > fist I would like to remove https://github.com/lxqt/compton-conf:
> > >
> > > "This repository is archived and will receive no further updates
> > > and should be considered deprecated. If you are looking for a
> > > configuration tool for the X composite manager, try picom-conf."
> >
> > We don't have a port of picom-conf. Do you plan on providing it as part
> > of the lxqt DE 2.2 update?
> >
>
> Replacement sent to ports@. I don't think picom-conf should be
> part of lxqt DE anymore. Upstream doesn't carry it anymore either
> BUT I am not a consumer, and users should speak up about this.
> Time is running out.

Given that picom is not in lxqt. I think picom-comfig shouldn't be
part of lxqt either.

>
> > > This also means that we can remove x11/lxqt/build-tools. Okay, to
> > > delete these two outdated ports?
> >
> > I have no opinion on either of these tools - if they're in the way of
> > overdue updates, I'm not going to object.
> >
>

--
Matthieu Herrb

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