externalized libraries - rationale for not optional

[Caleb Cushing]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org> wrote:
> If you wish to build Amarok without it, I suggest you make your own
> package.  Gentoo is in a unique position due to its USE flags, but if
> the packager makes it toggleable, I would hope that the packager would
> handle it sanely, and warn the user if they try to disable the
> dependency that it will break many common formats.
>

in gentoo*, if you don't have the codecs installed they will be broken
anyways. you don't auto install all that stuff. we don't even support
flac/ogg out of the box. I've had non working mp3's in my history
because I forgot to install the codec.

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Caleb Cushing

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