[29.x] depends: remove xinerama extension from libxcb #33238

1. 
   fanquake commented at 11:47 AM on August 22, 2025: member

   Backports #33217 to the 29.x branch. Same rationale as #33217. xinerama was obseleted well before it's removal in Qt6.

2. depends: remove xinerama extension from libxcb

   This is listed on https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.15/linux-requirements.html as
   "recommended", however doesn't seem to be needed, and the fact that it's
   no-longer installed by default on modern linux distros, is
   annoying/confusing for users. See:
   
   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/30061
   https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/122646/libxcb-xinerama0-library-required-by-bitcoin-qt
   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33197
   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/32097
   
   Github-Pull: #33217
   Rebased-From: 3d9314f3838c3b369bb79a64479f110c35b78644

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3. guix: remove libxcb-xinerama.so.0 from allowed libs

   Github-Pull: #33217
   Rebased-From: decc3671c88bb3acdf137c6bc46892f99319104e

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4. doc: update release notes for 29.x 6b8a782bbd
5. fanquake requested review from hebasto on Aug 22, 2025
6. DrahtBot added the label Backport on Aug 22, 2025
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8. 
   fanquake commented at 12:41 PM on August 22, 2025: member

   Guess we can't backport this unless we also backport the removal in Qt. Will take a look.

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10. 
    hebasto commented at 2:04 PM on August 24, 2025: member

    Guess we can't backport this unless we also backport the removal in Qt. Will take a look.

    Indeed. And there's no configure option to disable the XCB Xinerama extension.

    I assume that backporting https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/c91d1fdc100cda88b94217153def52ab7fe63d21 might be non-trivial, and it would definitely require extensive testing across a range of platforms.

    While the dependency on this extension "is annoying/confusing for users", it is not a bug. We could keep things as they are, treating this dependency as an artifact of the legacy Qt5-based GUI.

11. 
    fanquake commented at 2:24 PM on August 30, 2025: member

    We could keep things as they are, treating this dependency as an artifact of the legacy Qt5-based GUI.

    If that's the decision, then #32097 should be addressed for all branches.

12. 
    fanquake commented at 3:04 PM on September 1, 2025: member

    Don't think I'm going to try and backport this into QT.

    then #32097 should be addressed for all branches.

    Put this onto 30.0, so there is some resolution.

13. fanquake closed this on Sep 1, 2025

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