Description of problem: When installing nemo-compare from the official Fedora repos, the Meld package is treated as a dependency. This should not be the case, as there are other diff utilities out there (such as Diffuse, which is supported by the extension OOTB). Additional info: I have been hosting builds of this package with the Meld dependency removed, here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/niohiani/Diffuse-Python-3/package/nemo-extensions/ and am utilizing nemo-compare with another diff tool (Diffuse). Everything works as it should.
Sorry I'm not interested in changing from meld.
You misunderstood. It's as simple as doing the following: - Deleting "Requires: meld" from the spec file. You wouldn't be switching from Meld. You would simply be removing Meld as a dependency from the nemo-extensions package, so that people who use other diff utilities are free to take advantage of the nemo-compare extension, without having to install a diff utility they do not use. It's removing Meld as a dependency, not making Diffuse (or any other diff tool) a dependency. The extension works with Meld, but it does not need Meld to function, and Meld is not the only diff tool which the extension supports. This is clear on line #37 of the utils.py file in the source of the nemo-compare extension, where it lists the diff tools it is compatible with ("PREDEFINED_ENGINES = ['meld', 'kdiff3', 'diffuse', 'kompare', 'fldiff', 'tkdiff']"). That's it. Optionally, you could remove the commented out line containing "meld" from the setup.py file in the nemo-compare subdirectory, then move the bracket to the end of the preceding line, but that's completely unnecessary. TLDR: There is absolutely no reason to force people who wish to use nemo-compare, to install Meld and its related dependencies. The package does not require Meld. The spec file should not list Meld as a requirement for installation. The extension works perfectly without Meld installed.
Hi Leigh, I think the request here is to use "Recommends: meld" instead of "Requires: meld", since it's an optional dependency, and one of a set of tools that can fulfil the required functions. That'll still imply that meld is the preferred tool by default, but it'll allow more advanced users to use another tool instead of meld if they'd like to. Would you please reconsider this? Cheers, Ankur
Thank you for clarifying my report, Ankur. Much appreciated, and that is exactly what I was attempting to convey.
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Created attachment 1849519 [details] nemo-extensions.spec without the unnecessary meld dependency
Created attachment 1849520 [details] nemo-extensions.spec without the unnecessary meld dependency
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 36 development cycle. Changing version to 36.
This bug would be resolved by a very simple change to the package's spec file.
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