• Bug#1109821: lxqt-core: please allow for different terminal emulator

    From Oliver M. Schode@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 24 13:30:01 2025
    Package: lxqt-core
    Version: 33.0
    Severity: wishlist

    Hi.

    Is the hard dependency on qterminal really necessary? Running apt
    rdepends for it only lists this metapackage, and nm-tray which isn't
    required. And lxqt itself, so users who install this, presumably because they're going all lxqt or want all of it, would pull it already, I just
    don't see what it adds for the core package. It's clear there are
    components that expect some terminal emulator around, pcmanfm-qt in
    particular, but not strictly qterminal. I guess many people prefer
    another terminal, so allowing for x-terminal-emulator as an alternative
    would help some, hurt none. qterminal provides that already, but I'm
    sure you'd still want to mention it explicitly. Just consider that it
    pulls in a bunch of other packages some may never use, while removing
    the metapackage and hand-picking feels not worth it.

    Suggest: depend on qterminal | x-terminal-emulator


    Regards,
    Oliver

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