Question about non-xfce dependencies for 4.20

[Ralf Mardorf]

The PS and the correction of the PS made it through the list, but not
the first reply.

-------- Forwarded Message (with one corrected typo, so it's not 100% the original) --------
From: Ralf Mardorf
Subject: Re: Question about non-xfce dependencies for 4.20
Date: 11/07/2024 08:04:32 PM
Mailer: Evolution 3.54.1 

On Thu, 2024-11-07 at 20:28 +0200, Ивалин wrote:
> It appears it is listed as mandatory dependency in Arch .

Hi,

Arch doesn't provide any xfce4 related 4.20 packages, even not by the
extra-testing repository.

https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&arch=x86_64&repo=Extra&q=xfce4&maintainer=&flagged=
https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&arch=x86_64&repo=Extra-Testing&q=xfce4&maintainer=&flagged=

At least for xfce4-panel 4.18 it's a hard dependency, IOW it's not an
optional dependency for the panel.

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~ 
$ pacman -Si xfce4-panel | grep -eRepo -eVer -eDep
Repository      : extra
Version         : 4.18.6-3
Depends On      : exo  garcon  libxfce4ui  xfconf  libwnck3  libdbusmenu-gtk3  hicolor-icon-theme  desktop-file-utils
Optional Deps   : None

I'm using X11, not Wayland and I don't use xfce4 anymore, but xfce4 4.18
is still installed. However, the following is just from my install, IOW
the tree might be incomplete. On my machine only xfce4-panel 4.18
depends on libdbusmenu.

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~ 
$ pactree -r libdbusmenu-glib
libdbusmenu-glib
[snip]
└─libdbusmenu-gtk3
  ├─[snip]
  └─xfce4-panel
    ├─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

Regards,
Ralf