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From: Edward M <edwardunix@××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:39:15
Message-Id: BLU0-SMTP88797D42D94F544A308B95A8CF0@phx.gbl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client. by Mateusz Kowalczyk
1 On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:10:16 +0000
2 Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuzetsu@×××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > On 29/12/13 00:14, Edward M wrote:
5 > > Hello,
6 > >
7 > >
8 > > I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs
9 > > depends are needed for an email client.
10 >
11 > Perhaps because a lot of software nowadays attempts to do everything
12 > at once. Maybe it plays sound attachments inside of the client.
13
14
15 Now after you mention it, I agree. I only send text emails
16
17
18 > > I get the following media-libs when i
19 > > execute emerge -a kmail:
20 > >
21 > > [snip]
22 >
23 > I recommend that you use the ‘-t’ portage flag in the future to see
24 > what pulls in what. I also recommend ‘-v’.
25
26
27 Thanks for the recommendation, I will use them in the future.
28
29
30 >Now, having said that, I don't see anything directly in the ebuild
31 > that would pull in those libraries. Here's however what I got when
32 > seeing what it will do on a system with gstreamer USE and no KDE:
33 >
34 > # required by media-libs/phonon-gstreamer-4.7.1
35 > # required by media-libs/phonon-4.7.1[gstreamer]
36 > # required by kde-base/kdelibs-4.12.0
37 > # required by kde-base/korganizer-4.12.0
38 > # required by kde-base/kmail-4.12.0
39 > # required by kmail (argument)
40 > >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r8:0.10 vorbis
41 >
42 >
43 > So maybe KDE is pulling in something.
44
45 I guess I will continue using
46 claws-mail,since i only send text emails.
47 Thanks for new options i was not aware.

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