On 03/31/2012 12:40 PM, Andrew Benton wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:10:08 +0100
> "Armin K."<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>> On 03/31/2012 03:26 AM, Andrew Benton wrote:
>>> It's not Gnome specific. It's required by WebkitGTK+
>>>
>>
>> It is gnome specific. Only packages that are not gnome specific and
>> depend on libsoup are abiword and gst-plugins-good, and I didn't set it
>> in geoclue as dependency, even through it can be used there.
>>
>> and WebkitGTK+ is ONLY REQUIRED by Gnome packages in current book.
>> (exception is libwebkitgtk-1.0 which is optional by libproxy and gimp).
>
> You don't need to shout. The Gimp is not a Gnome package. It can use
> Webkit for its help browser
>
>>>>        <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
>>>>        <para role="required">
>>>> -<xref linkend="glib-networking"/>   and
>>>> -<xref linkend="libxml2"/>
>>>> +<xref linkend="glib-networking"/>,
>>>> +<xref linkend="libgnome-keyring"/>,
>>>
>>> libsoup does not require libgnome-keyring. I install libsoup. I don't
>>> install libgnome-keyring.
>>
>> Yes, it does - libsoup-gnome-2.4.so requires it.
>
> I had already said on the Libsoup page that libsoup-gnome-2.4.so will
> not be installed if libgnome-keyring is not installed. You removed
> that. Libsoup does not require libgnome-keyring.
>
>>>
>>>> -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-gnome 
>>>> --disable-static&amp;&amp;
>>>> +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static&amp;&amp;
>>>>    make</userinput></screen>
>>>>
>>>>        <para>
>>>> @@ -128,21 +131,12 @@
>>>>      <sect2 role="commands">
>>>>        <title>Command Explanations</title>
>>>>
>>>> -<para>
>>>> -<option>--without-gnome</option>: This prevents
>>>> -<command>configure</command>   looking for
>>>> -<application>gnome-keyring</application>. Remove this option if you have
>>>> -      installed<xref linkend="gnome-keyring"/>   and want to install
>>>> -<application>Gnome</application>.
>>>> -</para>
>>>
>>> I've only just put this in the other day. Why's it been removed?
>>
>> Because it's gnome-specific library. There is no point building it
>> unless you want to build gnome.
>
> I don't install Gnome. I install libsoup because Webkit requires it. I
> install Webkit so the Gimp builds its help browser. Simply repeating
> "libsoup is a gnome-specific library" does not make it true. You are
> wrong. Revert these mistakes.
>
> Andy

One to twenty packages ... And that one package must rule build stuff 
for every other package. How ironic. I am against reverting. Do as you 
desire.
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