Bug#1115532: libgtk-4-1: compose and dead keys not working anymore on wayland

[Simon McVittie]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 11:18:27 +0800, Mad Horse wrote:
>> I think *if* we can continue to make ibus-gtk4 not have any dependency
>> relationship on libgtk-4-1, then it would be reasonable to make
>> libgtk-4-1 Recommends ibus-gtk4. I think a Depends would be too strong,
>> because it's entirely possible to use GTK with a different input method
>> like FCITX, or no input method at all.
>
>You are right, as a certain gnome and fcitx user has complained it at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1122957 .

gnome-core is an opinionated metapackage with the components that are 
considered to be suitable for a "default" GNOME installation. It is 
possible to use GNOME without having gnome-core installed if you are 
unhappy with the choices made by GNOME upstream or by Debian's GNOME 
team, but it is not possible to use GNOME without having libgtk-4-1 
installed, so the expected strength of dependencies in each case is
different.

     smcv