A few days ago we discussed rebuilding libarts from the Trinity sources.

Yet I would like clarification about all of the packages in the dependencies and libraries branch. Which are required, which are recommended, and what is an appropriate build order?

Dependencies:

Build order presumed to be as listed (please correct!):

tqt3 or qt3 (is there a reason to build the latter rather than the former?)
tqtinterface (required)
arts (required)
dbus-1-tqt (required?)
dbus-tqt (required?)
tqca-tls (required?)
libart-lgpl (required?/recommended?)
avahi-tqt (recommended?)
python-tqt (recommended?)
sip4-tqt (recommended?)
tqscintilla (recommended?)

Libraries:

Build order: as needed for various packages.

kipi-plugins (recommended? which packages?)
libkdcraw (recommended? which packages?)
libkexiv2 (recommended? which packages?)
libkipi (recommended? which packages?)
libksquirrel (recommended? which packages?)
libtqt-perl (recommended? which packages?)
mlt (recommended? which packages?)
mlt++ (recommended? which packages?)
pytdeextensions (required?/recommended? which packages?)
python-trinity (required?/recommended? which packages?)

Second, are python-tqt, pytdeextensions, and python-trinity direct replacements for PyQt3 and PyKDE3? That is, do we stop building PyQt3 and PyKDE3?

Third, SIP is available on many/most distros. What is sip4-tqt just an add-on layer? When is that package required?

Fourth, seems libart is an oddball package. All of the others are installed but for most distros, libart from Trinity is an update/upgrade package process rather than an install.

Lastly, what is the deal with third-party/libreoffice?

I'll update the wiki as necessary once I'm no longer confused. :)

Thanks!

Darrell