On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 14:26 +0100, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:19:47 +0200 > Philipp <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I'm with you on this, the gnome dependencies of this package annoyed > > me a couple of times and is the reason why I avoid using gstreamer > > wherever possibly. > > A multimedia backend that depends on a specific desktop environment is > > just broken. > > I'm using no DE, why should I install gnome specific stuff? > > > > I agree, a multimedia backend shouldn't depend on a DE. Anyway I've > switched my video and audio players to non-gstreamer based ones so I've > sacked off creating a custom gstreamer compile. > > Ananda >From J.G.C's response (and the package list given), saying that gstreamer depends on the gnome DE is hyperbole. It depends on a few gnome-related packages. Its also primarily (though not solely) used by Gnome... I appreciate the desire for a minimal system. What I don't understand is the vilifying of packages just because they're part of a standard Gnome install.
