On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 11:18:27 +0800, Mad Horse wrote:
I think *if* we can continue to make ibus-gtk4 not have any dependency
relationship on libgtk-4-1, then it would be reasonable to make
libgtk-4-1 Recommends ibus-gtk4. I think a Depends would be too strong,
because it's entirely possible to use GTK with a different input method
like FCITX, or no input method at all.
You are right, as a certain gnome and fcitx user has complained it at
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1122957 .
gnome-core is an opinionated metapackage with the components that are
considered to be suitable for a "default" GNOME installation. It is
possible to use GNOME without having gnome-core installed if you are
unhappy with the choices made by GNOME upstream or by Debian's GNOME
team, but it is not possible to use GNOME without having libgtk-4-1
installed, so the expected strength of dependencies in each case is
different.
smcv
