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Possible to separate out tk from python?
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John Kehayias |
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Possible to separate out tk from python? |
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Sun, 17 Dec 2023 06:22:19 +0000 |
Hi Guix,
Quick(?) question if someone happens to know: can we separate out the tk
dependency from the python package, for instance by making the tk output of
python a separate package?
I'm asking because I've realized that it is through tk that python, and thus a
good chunk of all packages, depend on things like libx11 and xorgproto. In
updating xorgproto for xorg-server-xwayland update, this causes python to be
rebuilt. I saw the same when ungrafting libx11 but didn't look close enough to
realize it is through tk.
(As an aside, in using python as a user, it is easy to miss the python:tk
output when you need it. And without searching I'm guessing many fewer packages
depend on python:tk than the default output.)
I don't know enough about how python is built (and then used in building) off
the top of my head to know if this is possible. But if it was, I think it could
untangle lots of the package graph.
Thanks in advance!
John
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