Please build without gdk-pixbuf/gtk

Can you provide a link/location to where the libgpod developers told you that such a dependency is unnecessary? I'm having a hard time finding this information on their website.

If it is an optional dependency, then what does that package allow libgpod t

*If it is an optional dependency, then what does that package allow libgpod to do?

2006/9/9, Andrew Ash:

> Can you provide a link/location to where the libgpod developers told you
> that such a dependency is unnecessary? I'm having a hard time finding
> this information on their website.

Yes, I can. I asked in the gtkpod-devel mailing list:
    https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=36770286
    https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=36770287

> If it is an optional dependency, then what does that package allow
> libgpod to do?

«Working with artwork» (I just don't know what that artwork support
consists of).

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Data retention is no solution.

Maybe that artwork has to do with the iPod's ability to display photos/cover art. Libgpod would need to work with photos to scale them down to iPod size for transfer.

2006/9/9, Andrew Ash:

> Maybe that artwork has to do with the iPod's ability to display
> photos/cover art. Libgpod would need to work with photos to scale them
> down to iPod size for transfer.

Maybe.
That optional dependency means installing 6.8 extra MB, which once
compressed with squashfs are about 2.5 MB.
The space on a live-CD is precious, and I dont' think that feature
(assuming Amarok made use of it) is worth 2.5 MB of a Kubuntu live-CD
.

Maybe a fair solution would be building two versions of the library,
one with gdk-pixbuf support, and another without.

--
Do we have to destroy our freedom in order to save it?
Data retention is no solution.

And as user (with a slow and limited-on-space laptop) I would love to be able to get rid of GTK2 - and this is the only thing keeping it on.

Why can't the use libexif or stuff like that to resize artwork, it's not that big a thing, is it?

gtk-qt-engines also depends on libgtk2 and we need to provide it by default so that someone installing a gtk app will have a nice graphical integration by default.

Of course, I'm not talking about the default KDE - the gtk-qt theme by default is a good thing. But I want to be able to remove as many redundant libraries on my little laptop as possible.

"apt-get remove libgtk2.0-0" shouldn't remove Amarok if it doesn't have to. GTK is only duplicating (even just part of) Qt functionality, I don't need it - it is no problem on my dualcore 3GB ram system, but on my 500mhz/256mb/2GB laptop, it sure is. For resource-constrained hardware this dependency is bad, I hope something can be done about it.

And no, I'm not going to run IceWM or XFCE on my laptop, I'm not gonna lose 50% functionality to save 10% memory. Gutsy Gibbon does a great job on this laptop, performance is fine, I only want to get rid of some stuff I don't need to make room for actual documents and stuff I DO need...

love,

Jos

that is fixed in hardy now