[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 205658] [GTK][WPE] Migrate to Flatpack-based dev SDK

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205658

--- Comment #4 from Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez at igalia.com> ---
(In reply to Philippe Normand from comment #3)
> (In reply to Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez from comment #2)
> > (In reply to Philippe Normand from comment #0)
> > > With the patch I will upload we could progressively migrate away from
> > > jhbuild to flatpak. By default flatpak would be used and initially the bots
> > > would set the WEBKIT_JHBUILD env var to keep the existing setup. Then one by
> > > one we could switch the bots and EWS.
> > 
> > Please do the other way around.
> > 
> > Leave the default to be the current one (jhbuild), and use flatpak if a env
> > var like WEBKIT_FLATPAK is set.
> > 
> > We then start setting this env var on the bots, one by one, and testing them.
> > 
> > Finally, if we get to the point were things work as expected with flatpak we
> > make the default be flatpak.
> 
> Seems to be more work to me, I'd rather try as initially proposed?
> By switching build-webkit by default initially we would get more feedback.
> People are lazy and might be reluctant to set an env var :)

I don't think its more work, but I buy your argument of getting more feedback as you suggest. So let's try as you propose.

What is the implementation idea? update-webkitgtk-libs to execute update-webkitgtk-flatpak if the environment variable is not set?

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