Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-29 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:39:53 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: > > > So basically > > kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound > > notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? > > Yes. If you were using K

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 14:39:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: > > So basically > > > > kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound > > notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? > > Yes. If you were using KDE,

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:53:14 -0800, Edward M wrote: > So basically > kmail needs media-libs that KDE uses so it can play sound > notifications, even though i'm using another DE instead of KDE? Yes. If you were using KDE, all of those dependencies would already be in place for desktop noti

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-29 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:08:03 + Mick wrote: > On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 01:38:57 Edward M wrote: > > > > So maybe KDE is pulling in something. > > > >I guess I will continue using > > claws-mail,since i only send text emails. > >Thanks for new options i was not aware. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Dec 2013 01:38:57 Edward M wrote: > > So maybe KDE is pulling in something. > >I guess I will continue using > claws-mail,since i only send text emails. >Thanks for new options i was not aware. I'm guessing that KDE uses phonon to play sound notifications, e.g.

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:10:16 + Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote: > On 29/12/13 00:14, Edward M wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs > > depends are needed for an email client. > > Perhaps because a lot of software nowadays attempts to do every

Re: [gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-28 Thread Mateusz Kowalczyk
On 29/12/13 00:14, Edward M wrote: > Hello, > > > I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs depends > are needed for an email client. Perhaps because a lot of software nowadays attempts to do everything at once. Maybe it plays sound attachments inside of the client. > I get

[gentoo-user] why media-libs are needed for an email client.

2013-12-28 Thread Edward M
Hello, I want to give kmail a try but i'm confuse why multimedia libs depends are needed for an email client.I get the following media-libs when i execute emerge -a kmail: media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23-r1 [1.0.10] USE="nls orc" [ebuild N ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-x-0.10.36 [ebuild