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Bug#1093301: python3-qgis: Get rid of python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit
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Bastian Germann
2025-01-17 16:30:02 UTC
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Package: python3-qgis
Version: 3.34.14+dfsg-1

Please get rid of Depends: python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit so that we can get rid of that package with trixie.
You might need to disable the optional Webkit support generally, not only for Python.
Bastian Germann
2025-01-18 14:00:02 UTC
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I do not know what this has to do with Qt6 other than that QtWebKit is not even an option on Qt6.
Sometimes one has to move when you are downstream others giving up on projects.
QtWebKit was already known not to be maintained in the buster release.
Dmitry Shachnev
2025-01-20 11:30:01 UTC
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Hi all!

Bastian, thank you for filing these bugs!
None of the python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit rdeps are key packages, so I suggest you
upload a revision of pyqt5 without qtwebkit support and make the bugreports
for the rdeps like this one RC to have chance of shipping trixie without
qtwebkit.
As bugs for python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit reverse dependencies were filed quite
recently, I think we should give the maintainers some time to react and
prepare updates. I propose the following timeline:

- One week from now, on 2025-01-27, bump the severities to RC and post a
notice that python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit will be removed soon.

- Two weeks from now, on 2025-02-03, actually upload a version of pyqt5 that
does not build python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit binary anymore. (I will probably
also remove some other binaries without rdeps in that upload.)

- After pyqt5 is uploaded, we can bump severity of #1069574 to RC, so
eventually Qt WebKit and its remaining reverse dependencies are marked for
auto-removal.

Does this sound good to you?

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Dmitry Shachnev
Bastian Germann
2025-01-20 22:20:01 UTC
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Hi Dmitry,
Post by Dmitry Shachnev
- One week from now, on 2025-01-27, bump the severities to RC and post a
notice that python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit will be removed soon.
- Two weeks from now, on 2025-02-03, actually upload a version of pyqt5 that
does not build python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit binary anymore. (I will probably
also remove some other binaries without rdeps in that upload.)
- After pyqt5 is uploaded, we can bump severity of #1069574 to RC, so
eventually Qt WebKit and its remaining reverse dependencies are marked for
auto-removal.
Does this sound good to you?
Sounds good. Thanks for your support.

Cheers,
Bastian

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