ng0 transcribed 2.8K bytes:
> Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.9K bytes:
> > Hi ng0,
> > 
> > ng0 <ng0@infotropique.org> skribis:
> > 
> > > ng0 transcribed 1.7K bytes:
> > >> Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.2K bytes:
> > >> > Hello,
> > >> > 
> > >> > Since nothing depends on lxqt-common, I suggest removing it.  We can
> > >> > always revisit this decision later if needed.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Okay, we still require it.
> > > The last LXQT release is 0.11.1, and lxqt-session requires lxqt-common.
> > 
> > Are you sure?  lxqt-session in master does not depend on lxqt-common.
> 
> I am not working with master, I am working with what has been released,
> ie the tarballs on download.lxqt.org or whatever the url was. This still
> requires lxqt-common, and as I have no idea about the release cycle of
> LXQT I would prefer to keep it (and to find a workaround for it not building).
> 
> > > lxqt-notificationsd 0.11.1 still depends on lxqt-common.
> > > Probably some more packages depend on it, but more than 1 is already enough
> > > for me NOT to kick it out.
> > 
> > lxqt-notificationsd is not in master though.
> 
> Sure, but I'm working on LXQT. Something not existing doesn't mean no one
> is using it as a base to include packages depending on this… this is my way
> to say: hey. I need this for stuff that seeks its way into Guix master for
> another Desktop ;)
> 
> > In master, there are really zero packages depending on it, per “guix
> > refresh -l”.
> > 
> > Currently lxqt-common does not build, due to the modified tarball.
> > Could you figure out a way forward?
> 
> Okay, I did not know about the original issue. I will try, I'll report back.
> 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > Ludo’.
> > 

Let's drop it:

http://lxqt.org/release/2017/10/21/lxqt-0120/ writes:

> lxqt-common
>
> Dropped: With this release we drop lxqt-common, and all
> files are moved to the packages in which they best fit.
> The lxqt-themes portion was split out into the new package
> lxqt-theme. Please read the notes for packagers.


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