[MacPorts] #57536: suggestion: split off qt5-qtwebengine to a standalone port

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Wed Nov 7 19:10:14 UTC 2018


#57536: suggestion: split off qt5-qtwebengine to a standalone port
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  Reporter:  RJVB            |      Owner:  MarcusCalhoun-Lopez
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  accepted
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  t5-qtwebengine  |
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Comment (by RJVB):

 That would work too, and it might be easier to test-build each of those
 qt5x-qtwebengine subports. Then again you can also argue that the CI and
 buildbots are there for doing that, esp. for something as huge as
 QtWebEngine but even the copy/pasting and managing any patchfiles required
 quickly becomes a monk's task (with such a big and complex Portfile).

 Initially I thought that qt5x-qtwebengine could be maintained (and provide
 QWE 5.x) for the purists but you're right that at some point QWE 5.1x will
 no longer build against Qt 5.9 . That could be handled with `replaced_by
 qt59-qtwebengine` if the active Qt version is 5.9, in addition to checking
 the OS version (which would limit the QWE version as needed). I can't
 really foretell what's best; I guess only practice can tell.

 Things are probably a bit easier with the rebooted QtWebkit for which I
 maintain a standalone port - for now at least.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/57536#comment:2>
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