#588080 kde-standard should not depend on dragonplayer

Package:
kde-standard
Source:
meta-kde
Description:
KDE Plasma Desktop and standard set of applications
Submitter:
Date:
2011-12-02 14:33:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#588080#5
Date:
2010-07-04 17:44:42 UTC
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Hi there.

I dislike dragonplayer, because is sucks. I undestand that kde-multimedia should depend on it and could not to use kde-multimedia metapackage. But I found that since last update kde-standard also depends on dragonplayer. This makes me pain. It installs to system and kde use it by default instead of my lovely mplayer. But kde itself could work without dragonplayer fine. This is just one of it's multimedia packages. Please, please, please remove this crappy dependence.

With love, Antonina.
#588080#12
Date:
2010-07-05 10:30:27 UTC
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To:
severity 588080 wishlist
thanks

Hello,

dragonplayer is a default KDE SC media player. Until KDE SC has something
better to offer, I don't see a good alternative. kde-standard package cannot
come without media player these days.

You can set preferred player via file type associations in System Settings.
#588080#19
Date:
2010-07-05 11:27:52 UTC
From:
To:
Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:30:27 +0300
Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> wrote:
Sure. kde-multimedia depends on it and this is enough.
Which functionality would be broken in kde-base if there will be no
mediaplayer? If there will be another mediaplayer (mplayer, totem)?

In case if kde-base really need mediaplayer:
Should is depend on it or just recommend?
Is it possible to use a dependency with alternatives?
Sure, but
1. this is not system-wide (may be there are system-wide settings
    somewhere, I'm not really interested in)
2. this is annoing to turn it off for every file type
3. why user need to have dragonplayer installed if he use another
   player
#588080#24
Date:
2010-07-05 11:43:26 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

kde-standard is a metapackage which pulls a standard set of packages which
most KDE users would find useful (in our opinion). We think that a media
player is mandatory nowadays. If you hate particular software, remove kde-
standard (which is just a metapackage) and you'll be able to get rid of the
dragonplayer. We do not aim nor can adhere to everybody's personal wishes.

You can also choose from kde-minimal alike kde-plasma-desktop and kde-plasma-
netbook but they are really minimal.

People have Recommends disabled so a media player is Depends. In fact, I could
agree with sane alternative Depends. The problem is that there is no other
official KDE SC media player.