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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 03:16:46
Message-Id: 20140801031619.GA28433@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:47:29AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote
2
3 > how much do you have to install if you deactivate all use flags for
4 > okular? well, you still have all of qt... and kdelibs and phonon... but
5 > you would loose a lot of the other stuff. vlc support in phonon is as
6 > optional as tiff or chm in okular.
7
8 When reading pdf files, one expects images, so tiff and jpeg are
9 reasonable flags. One does *NOT* expect audio stuff like phonon. And
10 phonon *DEMANDS SOMETHING*. vlc is one of the options that satisfies
11 phonon's demands. Or you could choose gstreamer and its gazillion plugins.
12
13 --
14 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
15 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>