Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote: > No just the .desktop files. kde associates media files by default to noatun, > kaboodle and juk all of which I don't use since I prefer kaffeine/amarok/xmms > > A better solution would be to split kdemultimedia into two packages. > 1. kdemultimedia ( containing vanilla kdemultimedia - noatun, kaboodle and > juk ) > 2. kdemultimedia-extra ( containing noatun, kaboodle and juk) > > I think everybody would agree that would be most sensible and professional > approach.
Well, I don't agree. If the arch dev who packages KDE were the one that was setting up those associations, then I'd say yeah they should stop doing that. But if I'm not mistaken, those associations are what KDE ships with by default. So IMO, KDE should continue to ship with its default settings - and its default multimedia apps. Then, if someone wants to install and use other apps and customize their file associations accordingly they can do so. It's one thing to remove admin apps that cannot possibly be of use on anyone's Arch system. (Which is the issue that started this thread.) But it's another to start going down the path of slicing, dicing, and tweaking KDE packages just to suit various users' preferences. Just my $0.02, of course. (Though I think this approach is probably much more in line with The Arch Way than what you suggest.) DR _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
