Please make kio-extras dependency on kdsoap optional due to (temporary) license issues

[Nate Graham]

See also https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418331

Nate


On 3/23/20 7:12 AM, Luca Beltrame wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> (distributions at kde.org CC'd)
> 
> kio-extras for 20.04 has gained a new, mandatory dependency in the form of the
> kdsoap library. However, this library has currently some licensing issues[1]
> [2] (first one already fixed) which can prevent the use by some distributions
> (these came up when reviewing the package in openSUSE).
> 
> Given the fact that due to the worldwide disruptions caused by the current
> pandemic it might not be reasonable to have these issues fixed by the time
> 20.04 is out, I'd like to ask for this dependency to be made optional. The
> alternative is that some distributions that are keen on the licensing aspects
> (Debian, for example) might not ship kdsoap, and thus kio-extras would be
> unshippable as well.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/KDAB/KDSoap/issues/207
> [2] https://github.com/KDAB/KDSoap/issues/212
>