[kde-linux] kdepimlibs4 depends on cyrus-sasl

[Duncan]

Richard B. Pyne posted on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:23:16 -0700 as excerpted:

> Can someone please explain why? Not everyone in the world who uses KDE
> needs or uses SASL.

Apparently, it non-optionally builds against the cyrus-sasl libraries, 
thus requiring them and their headers in ordered to build and run.  Why 
it's mandatory, I don't know, but presumably enough kdepim functionality 
depends on sasl that it was considered easier to make it mandatory than 
not.

That's a user perspective.  For more I expect you'd need to talk to the 
devs.  Maybe they'll reply as well.

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