On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Sid <s...@bsdmail.com> wrote:
> > blubee blubeeme > > I am porting py-canberra which isn't required but an > > optional dependency for another port that I am working on. > > > I wonder should I leave it as is or make a dependency from this thing > you're working on instead? > > > blubee blubeeme > > py-canberra is just a python wrapper for libcanberra > > Perhaps audio/libcanberra should be a dependency of devel/pycanberra. > audio/libcanberra-gtk3 looks like it has options and requests for > unnecessary dependencies. > > > Sid > > Canberra is an audio application for playing simple sounds like "DING!". > > For playing sound, I am convinced that graphical dependencies for > audio/libcanberra and audio/libcanberra-gtk3 aren't needed: > x11-toolkits/gtk30, x11-toolkits/gtk20, accessibility/atk. > > According to Freshports, both libcanberra and libcanberra-gtk3 refer to > the file libcanberra-0.30.tar.xz of the same SHA256 and size. > > The difference between these two is one pulls in gtk3 as well. > > libcanberra-gtk3 also has options for pulseaudio, and gstreamer. > > > Pango is for left to right text, perhaps for displaying audio > information to the user. > > Its description is its "code is platform- and toolkit-independent." > > For it to display a simple banner or visual it shouldn't require heavy > graphical dependencies. > > Also, Pango should be made into an option for Canberra, so it can > definitely be compiled without atk, gtk30 or gtk20. > > Pango doesn't require these three graphical dependencies, so Canberra > especially shouldn't. > > > The port audio/freedesktop-sound-theme just has sound files, and no > libraries. > > pango and freedesktop-sound-themes should be options for libcanberra. > > I'm convinced that gtk30, gtk20, atk, pulseaudio, and gstreamer shouldn't > be options or required in libcanberra or libcanberra-gtk3. (pango and atk > are not in the Makefiles, but Freshports shows them.) > libcanberra-gtk3 should be merged back into libcanberra. I've only tested > removing all of these options for one port that asked for both canberra > libraries, and it compiled and played sound. > > > Thank you. > That's good to know and I should most likely be able to implement the same in py-canberra or leave it off all together. It's mostly used for python bindings into the gnome DE which might not be running, definitely not running in my use case. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
