[digiKam-users] Qtweb* dependency

[Philippe Baril Lecavalier]

Ok. What about the library Qt Location? That sounds more like what you are
looking for, minus the over-engineered approach to require a whole web
browser engine to get a couple of functions.

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 4:41 PM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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