FS#48651 - [webkit2gtk] gst-plugins-bad should be an optional dependency
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Opened by Piotr Jurkiewicz (piotrjurkiewicz) - Monday, 21 March 2016, 00:23 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Monday, 26 March 2018, 13:31 GMT
Opened by Piotr Jurkiewicz (piotrjurkiewicz) - Monday, 21 March 2016, 00:23 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Monday, 26 March 2018, 13:31 GMT
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In version 2.10.8-1 gst-plugins-bad package was added as a
hard dependency of this package. (in this commit:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/webkit2gtk&id=bafb93d5300c13322be138d59e43f6d0d9db7973
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As a result, during routine system update, pacman wants to install gst-plugins-bad and tens of third party libraries this package depends on. I believe that this is a mistake -- gst-plugins-base and gst-plugins-good are optional deps, so why was gst-plugins-bad suddenly made a hard dependency? I think it should be optional, just like other plugin packages, since they are not required for webkit2gtk core functionality (for example in my system webkit2gtk is required only by yelp, which does not use any multimedia features). |
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Closed by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Monday, 26 March 2018, 13:31 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Monday, 26 March 2018, 13:31 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
I'll also add to the original post that there is a reason the word "bad" is in "gst-plugins-bad". Let me link you to an article about the "gst-plugins-bad" package. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/12/fedora-and-ubuntu-0days-show-that-hacking-desktop-linux-is-now-a-thing/