Bug 493223 - Rewrite man page search handler to remove the dependency on Perl
Summary: Rewrite man page search handler to remove the dependency on Perl
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: khelpcenter
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 20.08
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Documentation Editorial Team
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Reported: 2024-09-16 18:06 UTC by Timothée Ravier
Modified: 2024-10-18 15:14 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/system/khelpcenter/-/commit/dcc31023bd3a26bb33e468de97ba2e635ad33f8e
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Description Timothée Ravier 2024-09-16 18:06:02 UTC 
SUMMARY

The man page search handler (khc_mansearch.pl [1]) is a small Perl program that search for man pages.

This is currently the last user of Perl in the KDE Stack on an installed Fedora KDE / Kinoite system.

Rewriting it in Python or anything else already in use by KDE package would remove that dependency.

[1] https://invent.kde.org/system/khelpcenter/-/blob/master/searchhandlers/khc_mansearch.pl

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install khelpcenter

OBSERVED RESULT
Perl is being installed as a dependency

EXPECTED RESULT
Perl is not installed as a dependency

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora KDE 40
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2024-09-16 22:12:33 UTC 
Or C++ which is what we do :D
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2024-10-11 11:33:53 UTC 
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/system/khelpcenter/-/merge_requests/53
Comment 3 Timothée Ravier 2024-10-18 15:14:43 UTC 
Git commit dcc31023bd3a26bb33e468de97ba2e635ad33f8e by Timothée Ravier.
Committed on 11/10/2024 at 12:13.
Pushed by ravier into branch 'master'.

searchhandlers: Replace Perl manpage script with Python

See:
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493223
- https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issue/566

M  +1    -1    searchhandlers/CMakeLists.txt
D  +0    -107  searchhandlers/khc_mansearch.pl
A  +79   -0    searchhandlers/khc_mansearch.py
M  +1    -1    searchhandlers/man.desktop.cmake

https://invent.kde.org/system/khelpcenter/-/commit/dcc31023bd3a26bb33e468de97ba2e635ad33f8e