Re: pkg/54516 (py27 dependencies (mate-control-center))

["David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/54516; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/54516 (py27 dependencies (mate-control-center))
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 20:15:41 -0400

 Yes, libappindicator3 is an optional dependency of mate-control-center
 that gets enabled if it's detected in the build environment. We're a
 bit inconsistent at present, because mate-polkit also has an optional
 dependency on it, but we simply don't include it there. (I took a look
 at this when I realized py-gtk2 was breaking the Mate meta-pkg build.
 libappindicator3 is kind of curious, because at this point it's GTK3,
 but its Python bindings are still dependent on py-gtk2.)
 
 What we might want to do for now is make libappindicator3 an option,
 rather than a fixed dependency. I'd be inclined to leave it as a
 default-enabled option for now (which we can change later), but it
 would offer a choice. (I typically build desktop packages with
 non-default options that slim them down.)
 
 Dave