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Bug#894472: libqt5waylandclient5-dev: Missing QtWayland private headers



Control: tag -1 wontfix

Hi Pier!

El viernes, 30 de marzo de 2018 17:18:49 -03 Pier Luigi Fiorini escribió:
> Package: libqt5waylandclient5-dev
> Version: 5.10.1-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Please include both QtWaylandClient and QtWaylandCompositor private headers
> as they might be used by other software.
> 
> Looks like they are removed on purpose:
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/qt-kde-team/qt/qtwayland/blob/master/debian/rules#L
> 33

Yes, they are removed on purpose.

> but people writing custom Wayland protocol implementations sometimes need
> them not to mention client extensions that can only be implemented using
> private headers.

Then the best way forward is to work with upstream to make such API stable, 
public API. That needs to be done directly with upstream, not trough us.

> Other Qt modules provide private headers in Debian, I don't see why
> QtWayland doesn't.

That's very simple: we only expose private API needed by other Qt submodules.

Kinds regards, Lisandro.

-- 
Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
http://perezmeyer.com.ar/
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