#1008208 glib2.0,hurd: GLib fam/gamin support will be removed in approximately 6 months

Package:
src:glib2.0 src:hurd
Source:
glib2.0 hurd
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2026-01-10 11:39:57 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1008208#5
Date:
2022-03-24 10:55:48 UTC
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As a result of gamin being unmaintained upstream (see #1008205), a branch
was recently merged for GLib 2.73.x that will remove GLib's fam-based
GFileMonitor backend. This means that in the next GNOME release cycle,
which should reach Debian in approximately 6 months, there will be no
GLocalFileMonitor backend suitable for use on Hurd, unless Hurd developers
take action before then.

One option would be for Hurd developers to add a GLocalFileMonitor
backend to GLib upstream, alongside the GInotifyFileMonitor (for Linux)
and the GKqueueFileMonitor (for FreeBSD and kFreeBSD).

Another option would be for Hurd developers to create and maintain
an out-of-tree GLocalFileMonitor backend (a GIO module that implements
G_LOCAL_FILE_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME, analogous to the GIO modules in
src:gvfs and src:glib-networking that implement various other extension
points), which could do whatever Hurd-specific things are desired.

I do not intend to work on this myself, and I do not intend to merge
significant features into src:glib2.0 as Debian-specific patches.

    smcv
#1008208#10
Date:
2022-03-25 17:54:09 UTC
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To:
Simon McVittie, le jeu. 24 mars 2022 10:55:48 +0000, a ecrit:

FTR, on the Hurd that would use file_notice_changes from fs.defs

Any taker?

Samuel
#1008208#19
Date:
2026-01-10 10:08:19 UTC
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