Bug 1375809 - gimp must not depend on webkitgtk
Summary: gimp must not depend on webkitgtk
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gimp
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nils Philippsen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: webkit1-removal
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-09-14 04:46 UTC by Michael Catanzaro
Modified: 2016-10-26 15:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gimp-2.8.18-2.fc26
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-10-26 15:42:38 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Michael Catanzaro 2016-09-14 04:46:03 UTC
The webkitgtk package will be removed from rawhide after Fedora 26 is branched due to the high number of unfixed security vulnerabilities. You must remove this dependency or your package will not be present in Fedora 27.

Please refer to [1] for a FAQ on this matter and be advised that for some packages this may require a substantial amount of work.

[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/AKVB363GFCHHJ5MTHGVYHYT6NLLTF5VM/

Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2016-09-14 05:13:31 UTC
(Note to news media: GIMP is not going to be removed from Fedora. There is a configure flag that can be used if it is not ported in time.)

Comment 2 Nils Philippsen 2016-09-14 13:19:44 UTC
As I understand it, webkitgtk4 requires gtk3 which means we have to wait for GIMP 3.x which will use gtk3 as the GUI toolkit -- the next minor version will be 2.10 and I don't have an ETA for that.

This means that the help-browser and webpage plug-ins need to be disabled, and GIMP should be configured to use an external web browser for viewing online help.

Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2016-09-14 17:07:09 UTC
(In reply to Nils Philippsen from comment #2)
> As I understand it, webkitgtk4 requires gtk3 which means we have to wait for
> GIMP 3.x which will use gtk3 as the GUI toolkit

Yes

> This means that the help-browser and webpage plug-ins need to be disabled,
> and GIMP should be configured to use an external web browser for viewing
> online help.

Definitely the path of least resistance!

Comment 4 Nils Philippsen 2016-09-17 12:24:15 UTC
(In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #3)
> (In reply to Nils Philippsen from comment #2)
> > As I understand it, webkitgtk4 requires gtk3 which means we have to wait for
> > GIMP 3.x which will use gtk3 as the GUI toolkit
> 
> Yes
> 
> > This means that the help-browser and webpage plug-ins need to be disabled,
> > and GIMP should be configured to use an external web browser for viewing
> > online help.
> 
> Definitely the path of least resistance!

Heh. While not much regarding the GIMP schedule is known up-front, that part seems pretty clear to me -- GIMP will it use gtk3 with the next major version earliest and there's at least one minor one in between. ;)

Comment 5 Nils Philippsen 2016-10-26 15:42:38 UTC
I've updated the package so it doesn't include the internal help browser from Fedora 26 on, and rebuilt in Rawhide.


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