{vis}[GCCcore/14.3.0] Xfce v4.20

[Micket]

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• add iceauth + libXpresent as components in easyconfig for X11 20250608 #24367
• {vis}[GCCcore/14.3.0] libwnck v43.3 #24355
• Enable ICO/BMP and more in Gdk-Pixbuf 2.42.12 #24470
• Add GST_PLUGIN_PATH to GST-plugins-base #24927
• Add GST_PLUGIN_PATH to GST-plugins-bad #24928
• {vis}[GCCcore/14.3.0] GST-plugins-good v1.26.6 #24950
• {lib}[GCCcore/14.3.0] VTE v0.82.2, GtkSourceView4 v4.8.4 #24895
• Add support for multiple paths for GDK pixbuf loaders #24991

So, it all builds just fine now but i need to test more things out, maybe need to add some more components, icons, fonts and such.

I also include xfce4-terminal, gigolo, ristretto, parole, mousepad which are standard Xfce apps, which could be excluded if we wanted, but they are all quite deeply connected to xfce development and essential apps for a basic desktop.

[Micket]

Test report by @Micket
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
vera-icelake-build - Linux Rocky Linux 9.6, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4316 CPU @ 2.30GHz, Python 3.9.21
See https://gist.github.com/Micket/38065f09550009eda5b0c86b1b9cc0e0 for a full test report.

[ocaisa]

@Micket if you think Xfce is going to require additional changes to X11, maybe fold them in here so that it is more of an atomic change?

[Micket]

I did make sure all the features i could see from configure steps are now enabled, and I'm not aware of anything is missing from X11 at this moment, though I'm suspicious about a few more packages that are in Xvfb. But, I just don't know so far.

I finally got around to try and test this in a simple vnc session now, and there are problems

1. need more backends for pixbuf. There are plugins for webp, svg (via librsvg), and some others. In particular, i need the svg support.
2. some major issue with icons. No icons in the panels at all. Icons in Thunar look like they are 16x16, so really crappy.
3. Probably should include some more xfce apps in here; I'm considering xfce-notifyd, xfce4-terinal, xfce4-taskmanager, xfce4-screenshooter, ristretto, parole, mousepad, gigolo

[ocaisa]

For me with jgmenu, the SVG support solved the icons display problem.

[Micket]

Had to patch in support for multiple paths in GDK pixbuf, but now it works with librsvg (see required PRs)

[jfgrimm]

Test report by @jfgrimm
FAILED
Build succeeded for 6 out of 8 (total: 16 mins 51 secs) (2 easyconfigs in total)
node061.viking2.yor.alces.network - Linux Rocky Linux 8.10, x86_64, AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core Processor, Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/jfgrimm/1442de72b0b278f89e4da713c29a8d09 for a full test report.

[Micket]

@boegelbot please test @ jsc-zen3

[boegelbot]

@Micket: Request for testing this PR well received on jsczen3l1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de

PR test command 'if [[ develop != 'develop' ]]; then EB_BRANCH=develop ./easybuild_develop.sh 2> /dev/null 1>&2; EB_PREFIX=/home/boegelbot/easybuild/develop source init_env_easybuild_develop.sh; fi; EB_PR=24369 EB_ARGS= EB_CONTAINER= EB_REPO=easybuild-easyconfigs EB_BRANCH=develop /opt/software/slurm/bin/sbatch --job-name test_PR_24369 --ntasks=8 ~/boegelbot/eb_from_pr_upload_jsc-zen3.sh' executed!

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[Micket]

Test report by @Micket
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (total: 37 mins 7 secs) (1 easyconfigs in total)
vera-icelake-build - Linux Rocky Linux 9.6, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4316 CPU @ 2.30GHz, Python 3.9.21
See https://gist.github.com/Micket/e06a641abecbca6333249c289c993b17 for a full test report.

[boegelbot]

Test report by @boegelbot
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (total: 50 mins 5 secs) (1 easyconfigs in total)
jsczen3c1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de - Linux Rocky Linux 9.7, x86_64, AMD EPYC-Milan Processor (zen3), Python 3.9.23
See https://gist.github.com/boegelbot/49268089440f5bfbbe90572a7d1ac08e for a full test report.