GNU bug report logs - #49943
[PATCH] gnu: Add openboard

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Message #19 received at 49943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: 49943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49943: [PATCH] gnu: Add openboard
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:56:07 -0500

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> Also, note that qtwebkit doesn't seem to have a future, and is scheduled
> for removal in Guix, per #49943.  That's too bad!  I hope they can
> tackle https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard/issues/193 soon.

I've asked, and apparently they're working on it already [0]!

[0]  https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard/issues/193#issuecomment-1054642139

> I guess given the sad state of qtwebkit, and its planned removal from
> Guix, we may have to drop this submission and revisit it at a later
> time.

So a better suggestion with the above in mind would be to package it
using the non-released 1.7-dev development branch which relies already
on qtwebengine instead of qtwebkit.

Would you like to give it a spin?

Thanks!

Maxim

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