[Mageia-dev] gstreamer packaging too split?

[Colin Guthrie]

Hi,

I see packages like gstreamer0.10-soup installed as separate packages.
Is there any real gain from this split? Other than pulling in other
libraries etc, as it just causes potential problems for some packages
that do not require it. e.g. totem and rhythmbox both reqire the -soup
package but phonon-gstreamer does not (it should).

But really, should this library just be bundled into the main -good
package? Ditto for other "overly split" things, like the pulse plugin,
and the neon plugin in -bad....

Has anyone sad down and thought about it a bit recently (here or in Mdv?)

Col



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