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On Freitag 12 Februar 2010, Zeerak Waseem wrote: |
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> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:53:04 +0100, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:19:43 +0100, Zeerak Waseem wrote: |
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> >> But I do find it silly, that the various applications that aren't |
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> >> dependent of the DE, to require a dependency of the DE. It just seems |
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> >> a bit backwards to me :-) I simply don't understand. |
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> > |
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> > That just shows that they are still partially dependent on the DE, KMail |
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> > also needs various KDE libraries. KDE was designed as a cohesive DE, not |
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> > just a bunch of applications with a common look and feel. KDE apps are |
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> > intended to be run on a KDE desktop, anything else is a nice bonus. |
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> Indeed, and it is a noble pursuit. |
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> But from a marketing aspect, it would make more sense to have things that |
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> aren't -vital- for the app, unlike kde-libs in this case, to be soft (is |
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> this the correct term?) dependencies. |
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> Both aspects could be satisfied by having symantic-desktop as an optional |
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> dep. It's not a vital function for kmail to be able to tag and index all |
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> the files on the computer (which is what the symantic-desktop does if I |
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> understand correctly), it's a nifty thing for KDE users, and soon probably |
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> Gnome users as well, but for anyone else, it's a nifty thing -if- they |
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> feel the need for it. Much like most other bits of software :-) |
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> In the end there isn't a right or wrong, but just a standpoint. Some don't |
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> mind the bloat (we can agree that it's bloat if you're just going to |
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> disable the function as soon as it's been installed, right?) and don't |
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> consider it to be the slightest bit akin to bloat, whilst to others it's |
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> an unnecessary feature forced on them (mainly thinking of the people not |
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> using kde, but also those kde-users that just disable it) and thus becomes |
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> bloat. |
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and luckily for you, there are a lot of 'soft' dependencies. kmail does not |
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force you to install konqueror. It does not force you to install plasma- |
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desktop or systemsettings. It does not force you to install the printing |
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manager .... |
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