[digiKam-users] Qtweb* dependency

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Qt web module are used in digiKam to displayed map for geolocation support.
This feature is very important and there is no option to disable
geolocation support at compilation time.

Also, We start to use this Qt web module to open session in web service for
import/export files with the cloud.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 19 nov. 2019 à 19:20, Philippe Baril Lecavalier <pbl.ltx at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Pardon me if the issue was raised or discussed before, I could not find
> any trace of it.
>
> Why is qtwebengine/qtwebkit a dependency for digikam? My main use of
> digikam is to fetch images from my phone or camera. I don't see the need
> for an entire (and not a light one!) web engine here. Gwenview doesn't call
> for one to display images or their metadata.
>
> The issue for me? Not interested to build the whole creepy-chrome from
> scratch every time an update is pushed (Gentoo here, maybe 2 hours for
> qtwebkit, more for qtwebengine). If I used some KDE web browser, it would
> make sense. But it's not the case, and so I got to build a thing that takes
> longer than gcc itself solely for digikam (and presumably taking more space
> than digikam too).
>
> Suggestion: A flag to build digikam minus whatever feature calls for a web
> browser engine? If the whole application is based on it, I can understand
> that.
>
> I am not a C++/qt developer, so I'm sorry if I can't push an actual
> proposal any further. If I can help with testing, it's the least I can do.
>
> Philippe Baril Lecavalier
>
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