Remove gconf2 dependency
#3244
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Remove gconf2 dependency
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This is an attempt to fix the issue reported by users who cannot install Simplenote on various Linux systems because the `gconf2` dependency cannot be satisfied. See #3241 The [`electron-builder` docs](https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux.html) mention that `gconf2` can give issues if one wants to support [KDE](https://kde.org/). > If need to support KDE, `gconf2` and `gconf-service` should be removed > as it’s no longer used > [by GNOME](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gconf2). Moreover, [the `gconf2` entry in the Debian packages repository](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gconf2) states: > This package is for legacy applications and no longer used by GNOME. Given the above, this PR is an attempt to see what the app would do without the dependency. My guess is that everything should run fine in most modern systems, because all information points to `gconf2` not being in use there.
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All the Linux binaries have been built, which is already a good sign. I didn't have the time to set up VMs, but I plan to do so next week. In the meantime pinging @codebykat and @roundhill in case you have access and bandwidth. |
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This got lost in the Slack backlog, noting @roundhill was able to successfully test this on Fedora in an arm64 VM. |
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Hmm. We can't share the build artifacts from Buildkite, they require a login. I'm going to merge this in hopes of getting a testable beta. |
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This is an attempt to fix the issue reported by users who cannot install Simplenote on various Linux systems because the `gconf2` dependency cannot be satisfied. See #3241 The [`electron-builder` docs](https://www.electron.build/configuration/linux.html) mention that `gconf2` can give issues if one wants to support [KDE](https://kde.org/). > If need to support KDE, `gconf2` and `gconf-service` should be removed > as it’s no longer used > [by GNOME](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gconf2). Moreover, [the `gconf2` entry in the Debian packages repository](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gconf2) states: > This package is for legacy applications and no longer used by GNOME. Given the above, this PR is an attempt to see what the app would do without the dependency. My guess is that everything should run fine in most modern systems, because all information points to `gconf2` not being in use there.
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This is an attempt to fix the issue reported by users who cannot install Simplenote on various Linux systems because the
gconf2dependency cannot be satisfied, #3241The
electron-builderdocs mention thatgconf2can give issues if one wants to support KDE.Moreover, the
gconf2entry in the Debian packages repository states:Given the above, this PR is an attempt to see what the app would do without the dependency. My guess is that everything should run fine in most modern systems, because all information points to
gconf2not being in use there.Test
To test this we'll need to download the artifacts from CI and try to install them on Linux distros. If it works on our end, it might be good to reach out to the users in #3241 and see how they go.