Question about non-xfce dependencies for 4.20

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2024-11-07 at 20:11 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> PS:
> > On Thu, 2024-11-07 at 20:28 +0200, Ивалин wrote:
> > > It appears it is listed as mandatory dependency in Arch .
> 
> • rocketmouse at archlinux ~ 
> $ pacman -Qi xfce4-panel | grep -eReq
> Required By     : xfce4-cpufreq-plugin  xfce4-datetime-plugin  xfce4-
> dict  xfce4-genmon-plugin  xfce4-macmenu-plugin  xfce4-mount-plugin 
> xfce4-netload-plugin  xfce4-places-plugin  xfce4-screenshooter  xfce4-
> timer-plugin  xfce4-weather-plugin  xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
> 
> It's seemingly "mandatory" (a hard dependency) for xfce4-panel (at
> least on my, probably incomplete xfce4 install), but xfce4-panel is
> not "mandatory" (a hard dependency) for the xfce4 DE. You can choose
> another panel or don't use a panel at all.

Correction, it's mandatory for the panel's plugins and a few (two) other
xfce4 related packages ;).