[Bug 190601] New: kdelibs 4.2.1 forces installation of sound software

[Philip Webb]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190601

           Summary: kdelibs 4.2.1 forces installation of sound software
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.2.1
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: purslow at ca.inter.net


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.

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