[Mageia-dev] libgsf 1.14.23: no python by default

[Funda Wang]

As there is no package requiring python-libgsf, I think it could be
just dropped.

2012/4/20 Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl>:
> In just released libgsf (1.14.23), Python is not built by default.
>
> Quoting https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672663:
> | The python bindings  depends in pygtk-codegen-2.0 which is now a wrapper
> | for pygobject-codegen-2.0 which itself was removed from pygobject.
> | Instrospection being available they are obsolete either way.
> |
> | This patch disable their generation by default.
>
> What to do with above? By default python support is not built anymore
> due to above. I can enable it in configure again, but prefer to just not
> build it (despite above, still compiles with --with-python). If
> something needs libgsf, they should use gobject introspection (which you
> can use from Python as well as js, etc).
>
> Nothing seems to depend on python-libgsf AFAICS
>
> Should I:
> - disable for Mageia 2 (as nothing seems to require python-libgsf)
>  should I add a Obsolete and where? task-obsolete or libgsf itself?
> - enable static python bindings only for Mageia 2, remove after
>  in case something actually requires it
> - stay with current libgsf version
>  problem sounds generic though, would apply to previous as well
>
> --
> Regards,
> Olav