Bug#1131770: gnome-builder: B-D on libgirepository-1.0-dev is probably unnecessary

Simon McVittie smcv at debian.org
Tue Mar 24 11:08:37 GMT 2026


Source: gnome-builder
Version: 49.1-3
Severity: minor

gnome-builder Build-Depends on libgirepository-1.0-dev (which I added 
for #1114128), but after 
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-builder/-/commit/af7a914a238325e509ea56acbba3266a2b9575e4  
upstream changed the dependency from 
dependency('gobject-introspection-1.0') to 
dependency('girepository-2.0'), it should B-D on libgirepository-2.0-dev 
instead.

It currently picks up that -dev package via libpeas-2-dev, but explicit 
is usually better than implicit where a direct dependency exists.

    smcv



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