Bug 190601

Summary:	kdelibs 4.2.1 forces installation of sound software
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Philip Webb <purslow>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description Philip Webb 2009-04-25 10:10:56 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.1)
Compiler:          Intel Core 2 Duo 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

In order to install Kdelibs-4.2.1, I was forced to install Phonon, which in turn requires Gstreamer (or equivalent).  I do not have speakers attached to my machine & do not have sound enabled in my kernel.  Some users (not me) may be deaf & are nonetheless forced to install packages they have no conceivable use for.  I submitted a bug report to Gentoo, but its developers told me that Kdelibs-4.2.1 won't build without sound enabled.  Please ensure that all future versions of Kdelibs & other KDE packages can be compiled without any need to install sound software in the user's machine.

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2009-04-25 11:25:13 UTC

There is no bug here.
Phonon is just an API for sound, not an actual sound software.
If your distro forces the installation of an actual sound software when installing Phonon, then it is a matter for them.