Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] ekiga for openmoko

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Julien Puydt wrote:
> Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > Julien Puydt wrote:
> > > > Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > > > > Luca Capello wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Julien!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:40:43 +0200, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > > > > > > Luca Capello a écrit :
> > > > > > > > 1) Ekiga requires too much disk space:
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > >    I would like a minimal version with no GNOME libraries (Bonobo &
> > > > > > > >    Co.), just Opal, PTlib and the minimum required GTK+, full 
> > > > > > > > stop.  May
> > > > > > > >    I remind you that the Openmoko GTA02 Neo FreeRunner has 256MB of
> > > > > > > >    flash?  :-(
> > > > > > > It *is* possible to disable the evolution support -- it looks like
> > > > > > > it's the culprit behind most of the deps.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Eugen, should I officially ask for a ekiga-gtk-only package?
> > > > >
> > > > > A similar report exists on debian bugzilla, 
> > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520830 .  The best 
> > > > > solution is to add runtime detection (used by those who installed 
> > > > > it, not used by the others), as shown here:
> > > > >
> > > > > "what you suggest ("ekiga: Dependancy on evolution-data-server 
> > > > > should be
> > > > > removed or moved to additional package") should be possible after 
> > > > > adding
> > > > > runtime detection of evolution-data-server to Ekiga."
> > > > >
> > > > > Could that be done in ekiga?
> > > > Make the evolution code a plugin... the basic framework is here... 
> > > > we even already have a plugin loader!
> > >
> > > I made a bug report, not to forget it: 
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586147
> >
> > Julien has just fixed it on master: evolution (and kde, kab etc.) are 
> > plugins now.  Julien, could you explain how this affects building (if 
> > it does affect)?  Are these plugins generated as .so or what?  Are 
> > they always built or what?
>
> Well, it's still possible not to build those pieces of code with the 
> usual --disable switches : that didn't change.
>
> The difference is that now, when it's built, it's possible to package 
> ekiga and those pieces separately ; the ekiga executable doesn't have 
> those features (and doesn't link to the libs they depend on).

For information, debian snapshots contain now a plugin for evolution 
(which is put in the same ekiga-snapshot package).

So you can install ekiga-snapshot without evolution-data-server.  But if 
you have it, it will be used automatically, through the plugin.

Thanks to Julien who did it.

--
Eugen