FS#39995 - [kdebase-runtime] depends (indirectly) on mariadb

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Simon Sapin (SimonSapin) - Monday, 21 April 2014, 18:35 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Monday, 28 April 2014, 06:44 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I’m running GNOME. The only KDE app I use is kdiff3. Through a chain of package dependency, installing it also installs a relational database server which is not used at all.

kdiff3 → kdebase-runtime → kactivities → baloo → kdepimlibs → akonadi → mariadb

One of these dependencies should be made optional, or removed entirely.

As a sign that this is a problem, somebody bothered to make an akonadi-fake package:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/akonadi-fake/
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Monday, 28 April 2014, 06:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Monday, 21 April 2014, 18:48 GMT
/usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/extras/libplasmaextracomponentsplugin.so links to libkactivities.so.6

You have to wait until KDE Frameworks 5 where apps don't depends upon a "kde bundle library", but on specific libraries.

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