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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: pkg-config, glib2 etc.
From:       Sean McGlynn <sean () tmiau ! com>
Date:       2003-03-17 3:02:26
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Hello Pablo,

On Monday 17 March 2003 02:22, Pablo Saratxaga wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:42:49PM -0600, Mosfet wrote:
> > KDE really needs to set limits on what and what is not acceptable in it's
> > core packages.
>
> I don't see requiring libglib any more "unacceptable" than requiring libz
> or libpng...

I think the basic argument is that libpng and libz, for instance, provide 
functionality that KDE doesn't already have, whereas glib duplicates 
functionality that KDE *does* already have.

There is also the underlying feeling in some people's minds, (if I may be 
allowed to mind read for a minute :-), that more and more little requirements 
are being proposed for or added to KDE, even though they aren't of a direct 
benefit to KDE itself, but to underlying desktop compatibility; (DBus versus 
DCOP springs to mind). Some people thinks this is a good idea and some don't.

Personally, for now, I'm just watching things with interest to see how they 
go (and practising my mind reading ;-)

Cheers,
Sean
-- 
Sean McGlynn
sean@tmiau.com

Going into a war without France is like going deer hunting without an 
accordion player.
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