Ubuntu not okay with GTK+ depending on Wayland package

[darxus at chaosreigns.com]

Is this a situation that can be improved?  

----- Forwarded message from Iain Lane -----

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:23:10 -0000
From: Iain Lane 
Subject: [Bug 954352] Re: Enable wayland backend

Oh, I'm sorry but this isn't going to be possible.

Extra backends get compiled right into GDK. This means that libgtk-3-0
gets a dependency on wayland and libxkbcommon and there's no way to
split it out. It would always have been difficult to get wayland into
main as a build dep of GTK, but it really won't be possible to have GTK+
depending on wayland.

Sorry. I suggest you keep on going with a PPA if folks want to use GTK+3
in Ubuntu with its wayland backend.

** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu Raring)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Enable wayland backend

Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gtk+3.0” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “gtk+3.0” source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix
Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Add --enable-wayland-backend to build flags.  I believe this is all
  that's necessary for wayland to work with the existing Precise gtk
  packages.

  Wayland has one released version, 0.85, which is in the precise
  archives:  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/

  I'm told gtk 3.4 is (and will remain) compatable with it.  Since gtk
  3.4 is apparently already packaged for Precise, all that remains to be
  able to use some gtk applications via wayland is this build flag.

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