geary-gtk4: init (broken!)

pkgs/additional/geary-gtk4/default.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,115 @@
-{
+# STATUS
+# - DOES NOT BUILD
+# - gets to 412/703, then fails when compiling all the src/client/ vala files
+#   basic stuff like `Gtk.BindingSet` could not be found; `Gtk.Container`, `Gtk.EventButton`, `Gtk.Menu`...
+# - seems i have been mislead by the commit messages/discussion and this port is only halfway to buildable.
+{ lib, stdenv
+, appstream-glib
+, desktop-file-utils
+, enchant2
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, folks
+, gcr_4
+, gmime3
+, gnome-online-accounts
+, gobject-introspection
+, gsound
+, gspell
+, gtk4
+, icu
+, isocodes
+, itstool
+, json-glib
+, libadwaita
+, libpeas
+, libsecret
+, libstemmer
+, libunwind
+, libxml2
+, libytnef
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, python3
+, sqlite
+, vala
+, webkitgtk_6_0
+, wrapGAppsHook4
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "geary-gtk4";
   version = "44.1-unstable-2023-10-17";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitlab {
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
     owner = "GNOME";
     repo = "geary";
     rev = "gnumdk/gtk4";
+    hash = "sha256-gs9ZdNZL+Elm71OPg+Uk1+EGM9g5ac1HvHwlMGaLJv0=";
+  };
+
+  # --replace-fail "'client/web-process/web-process-extension.vala'" "# 'client/web-process/web-process-extension.vala'"
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/console/main.vala \
+      --replace-fail 'Gtk.ScrolledWindow(null, null);' 'Gtk.ScrolledWindow();' \
+      --replace-fail 'scrolled_console.add' 'scrolled_console.set_child'
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace-fail 'webkitgtk_web_extension = dependency' '# webkitgtk_web_extension = dependency'
+    substituteInPlace src/meson.build \
+      --replace-fail 'web_process_sources,' "" \
+      --replace-fail 'webkitgtk_web_extension,' ""
+
+    chmod +x build-aux/git_version.py
+    patchShebangs build-aux/git_version.py
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    appstream-glib
+    desktop-file-utils
+    gobject-introspection
+    itstool
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    vala
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    appstream-glib
+    enchant2
+    folks
+    gcr_4
+    gmime3
+    gnome-online-accounts
+    gsound
+    gspell
+    gtk4
+    icu
+    isocodes
+    json-glib
+    libadwaita
+    libpeas
+    libsecret
+    libstemmer
+    libunwind
+    libxml2
+    libytnef
+    sqlite
+    webkitgtk_6_0
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dprofile=release"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    broken = true;
+    homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary";
+    description = "GNOME mail client, patched for gtk4";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }

pkgs/default.nix

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ let
     feeds = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./additional/feeds { });
     firefox-extensions = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./additional/firefox-extensions { });
     flare-signal-nixified = callPackage ./additional/flare-signal-nixified { };
+    geary-gtk4 = callPackage ./additional/geary-gtk4 { };
     gopass-native-messaging-host = callPackage ./additional/gopass-native-messaging-host { };
     gpodder-adaptive = callPackage ./additional/gpodder-adaptive { };
     gpodder-adaptive-configured = callPackage ./additional/gpodder-configured {