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From: Alastair Irving <alastair.irving@×××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Why does gnome-python-desktop have so many dependencies?
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:24:22
Message-Id: 20080626152414.GA11231@alastair-irving.home
1 Hi
2
3
4 I'm trying to run a program which requires the wnck python module,
5 which I believe is part of the gnome-python-desktop package. I like
6 to keep my gnome desktop minimal, but this package wants to install
7 the following:
8
9 $ emerge -vp gnome-python-desktop
10
11 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
12
13 Calculating dependencies ... done!
14 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-vorbis-0.10.14 0 kB
15 [ebuild N ] media-libs/gst-plugins-good-0.10.6 USE="-debug" 0 kB
16 [ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtksourceview-1.8.5-r1 USE="-debug -doc" 0 kB
17 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgtop-2.20.2 USE="-debug" 756 kB
18 [ebuild N ] dev-util/cmake-2.4.6-r1 USE="emacs -vim-syntax" 2,544 kB
19 [ebuild N ] sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r11 USE="python" 39 kB
20 [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-mount-0.6 USE="gnome -debug" 0 kB
21 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-pango-0.10.14 0 kB
22 [ebuild N ] media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6 USE="-debug" 756 kB
23 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac-0.10.6 0 kB
24 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libdvdcss-1.2.9-r1 USE="-doc" 277 kB
25 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-gnomevfs-0.10.14 0 kB
26 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg-0.10.14 0 kB
27 [ebuild N ] media-libs/a52dec-0.7.4-r5 USE="-djbfft -oss" 236 kB
28 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libmpeg2-0.4.1 USE="X -sdl" 483 kB
29 [ebuild N ] app-cdr/cdrkit-1.1.6 USE="unicode -hfs" 1,375 kB
30 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libdvdread-0.9.7 380 kB
31 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec-0.10.6 0 kB
32 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec-0.10.6 0 kB
33 [ebuild N ] app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools-7.1 138 kB
34 [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread-0.10.6 0 kB
35 [ebuild N ] gnome-extra/nautilus-cd-burner-2.20.0 USE="cdr dvdr -debug" 0 kB
36 [ebuild N ] media-video/totem-2.20.3 USE="bluetooth dvd flac gnome python vorbis -a52 -debug -ffmpeg -galago -hal -lirc -mad -mpeg -nsplugin -nvtv -ogg -seamonkey -theora -xulrunner -xv" 0 kB
37 [ebuild N ] gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.20.1 USE="ipv6 vorbis -debug -esd -mad -ogg" 0 kB
38 [ebuild N ] dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-2.20.0 USE="X -debug -doc" 0 kB
39
40 Total: 25 packages (25 new), Size of downloads: 6,981 kB
41
42 I was wondering if anyone knows whether the package really needs all
43 these dependencies, as it seems ludicrous to be installing video
44 players etc, just for the sake of a python module.
45
46 Many thanks
47
48 Alastair Irving
49
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Re: [gentoo-user] Why does gnome-python-desktop have so many dependencies? Brian Johnson <brian@××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Why does gnome-python-desktop have so many dependencies? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>