Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

[Edward M]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:10:16 +0000
Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuze...@fuuzetsu.co.uk> wrote:

> On 29/12/13 00:14, Edward M wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> > I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs
> > depends are needed for an email client.
> 
> Perhaps because a lot of software nowadays attempts to do everything
> at once. Maybe it plays sound attachments inside of the client.


     Now after you mention it, I agree. I only send text emails     


> > I get the following media-libs when i
> > execute emerge -a kmail:
> > 
> > [snip]
> 
> I recommend that you use the ‘-t’ portage flag in the future to see
> what pulls in what. I also recommend ‘-v’.

    
       Thanks for the recommendation, I will use them in the future.


>Now, having said that, I don't see anything directly in the ebuild
> that would pull in those libraries. Here's however what I got when
> seeing what it will do on a system with gstreamer USE and no KDE:
> 
> # required by media-libs/phonon-gstreamer-4.7.1
> # required by media-libs/phonon-4.7.1[gstreamer]
> # required by kde-base/kdelibs-4.12.0
> # required by kde-base/korganizer-4.12.0
> # required by kde-base/kmail-4.12.0
> # required by kmail (argument)
> >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta-0.10-r8:0.10 vorbis
> 
> 
> So maybe KDE is pulling in something.
 
       I guess I will continue using
      claws-mail,since i only send text emails.
       Thanks for new options i was not aware.