[Mageia-dev] weird dependencies that i've seen

Mon Jan 7 12:33:22 CET 2013

'Twas brillig, and AL13N at 04/01/13 16:49 did gyre and gimble:
+> 2. pulseaudio suggests it's i586 counterparts (plz don't)
+> 2. in spec file, requested for closed source 3rd party binaries that
+are 32bit
+
+This is expected. As several people install third party 32-bit apps that
+use Audio (e.g. Skype) we suggest that people have the 32-bit alsa libs,
+pulse plugin and pulse libraries even on 64 bit installs.
+
+So either we suggest this or I have to deal with loads of bug reports
+about why it doesn't work. I prefer the current solution (after
+suffering the pain of the other option over the years).
+
+> 3. qtwebkit requires gstreamer (not phonon)
+
+Does qtwebkit use phonon these days? I think it used to use gstreamer
+directly, but no clue about the current status quo.
+
+> 5. hugin directly requires make... why would a gui require a buildtool?
+
+hugin is a bit special tho'. It generates jobs and runs them. Perhaps
+make is an integral part of this? I don't know specifically. Maybe it
+used to be many years ago but isn't needed now? Dunno, but having used
+hugin a bit, it's not super surprising to me to see this here.
+
+> 6. kipi-plugins suggested by gwenview
+> 6. gwenview really uses all kipi-plugins?
+
+Isn't gwenview a kipi-host? It used to be... As such users should be
+able to access all the kipi functionality from within gwenview.
+
+It's not so much that gwenview uses them, but the users of gwenview who
+may want to use them...
+
+
+On the others I have no clue :)
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
+Day Job:
+  Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/
+Open Source:
+  Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/
+  PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/
+  Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/
+