move ldap ioslave into kdepim(libs)

David Faure faure at kde.org
Wed Oct 10 19:08:38 BST 2007


On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Allen Winter wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 October 2007 4:25:52 pm Dirk Mueller wrote:
> > On Tuesday 09 October 2007, David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > > The question is irrelevant, as libraries are usually not packaged in the
> > > > same package like kioslaves are.
> > > However I still wonder how many kde apps use the
> > > imap4/ldap/mbox/nntp/pop3/sieve/smtp kioslaves, other than those in kdepim.
> > 
> > then they should be in kdepim, if there is nothing else depending on it. right 
> > now we have however several extragear modules that depend on kdepim, because 
> > they can't get runtime/buildtime dependencies straight. 
> > 
> > I've checked, and kdebase/runtime still requires kdepimlibs, because the kfax 
> > stuff requires libkabc. 
> > 
> > So afterall, the move of the kioslaves to kdepimlibs did not solve anything 
> > and only violated the runtime/buildtime separation we've been trying to 
> > establish for years now. So we're back in the old and dark middle ages. 
> > 
> > 
> Dirk tried valiantly to explain why moving these kioslaves into kdepimlibs
> makes things worse.. I still don't quite understand... seems to be mostly
> an issue for distro packagers.
> 
> Anyhow... I will move kdepimlibs/kioslave back to kdebase/runtime in the
> next few days unless there are objections.

I object. kio_imap belongs to kdepim.

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