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

2013-12-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 01:38:57 Edward M wrote: 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. I'm guessing that KDE uses phonon to play sound notifications, e.g. when

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

2013-12-29 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:08:03 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 01:38:57 Edward M wrote: 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

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

2013-12-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: So basically kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? Yes. If you were using KDE, all of those dependencies would already be in place for desktop

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

2013-12-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 14:39:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: So basically kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? Yes. If you were using KDE, all of

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

2013-12-29 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:39:53 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: So basically kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? Yes. If you

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

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
Hello, I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs depends are needed for an email client.I get the following media-libs when i execute emerge -a kmail: media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23-r1 [1.0.10] USE=nls orc [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-x-0.10.36 [ebuild

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

2013-12-28 Thread Mateusz Kowalczyk
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. I get the

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

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:10:16 + 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