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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: List Flatpak runtime dependencies in a page
From:       Aleix Pol <aleixpol () kde ! org>
Date:       2022-09-11 21:59:32
Message-ID: CACcA1RqL4eZPqpULBkwFnXrijGGHUbEcUXfvBeGmfJ8vcAz-gQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 11:14 AM TheEvilSkeleton
<theevilskeleton@riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> At the moment, as an outsider, it's quite difficult to check what dependencies the \
> KDE runtime provides. We have to check through the manifest, which in my opinion is \
> quite unintuitive. 
> To address that, I suggest a centralized page that lists these dependencies. My \
> current idea is to list these dependencies along with freedesktop.org, elementary \
> and GNOME runtime dependencies. 
> The idea is, well, an idea at best. I haven't thought of the implementation details \
> or the interface of the page yet. I want to know if KDE is on board with this (as \
> well as fd.o, elementary and GNOME). 
> I opened issue #1476 in the freedesktop-sdk repository to discuss it in one place. \
> If KDE and other organizations are on board with this idea, then it would be \
> fantastic! This will certainly help developers a lot. 
> Thank you for the consideration,
> TheEvilSkeleton

I am not sure what you want us to be on board with.

Can you create a tool that extracts the dependencies in apps and
runtimes and presents them to users? Of course.

I guess the question is, what do you really want from us? :D

I don't think it's a matter of rallying communities around but rather
to care enough to sit down and put it together.

Aleix


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