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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 08:17:51
Message-Id: 20140803081723.GA4905@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling by Joost Roeleveld
1 On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 09:07:52AM +0200, Joost Roeleveld wrote
2 > On Sunday 03 August 2014 00:38:34 Philip Webb wrote:
3 > > 140802 Walter Dnes wrote:
4 > > > In Gentoo, *ANY* kde app which runs on the kde infrastructure requires
5 > > > phonon, and one of aqua/gstreamer/vlc, unless you resort to ugly hackery
6 > > > as per http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/276393
7 > >
8 > > So don't blame KDE, blame Gentoo for not handling Phonon correctly :
9 > > see KDE bug 190601 & Gentoo bug 265864 .
10 >
11 > +1
12 >
13 > Had a look myself just now based on your other comments.
14 >
15 > KDE actually specifies how to build without any multimedia (audio and video)
16 > support:
17 >
18 > https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/CMake#Command_Line_Variables
19 >
20 > cmake command line variable:
21 > KDE4_DISABLE_MULTIMEDIA=ON: Build KDE without any multimedia (audio and video)
22 The big question... what is "multimedia"? Would it be possible to
23 build kde with image support (gif/png/jpeg/tiff/pdf/etc) without
24 building in audio and video? I.e. how integrated is kde's graphics
25 and multimedia?
26
27 --
28 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
29 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flags handling "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags handling Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>