In the effort to reduce the pidgin dependencies, I wrote a patch to dynamically load libfarstream only if it is installed. I never coded with GObjects and so only during the testing to finish the patch I realized that there is no need to modify the code. Only the package dependencies should be reworked. In fact libpurple depends on libfarstream (855kB), that depends on the gstreamer plugins (65,5MB), but they are dynamically loaded only if installed[1] and they are needed only to make voice and video calls with Gtalk (only voice with finch).
I patched the libfarsteram package and tested it with pidgin on a Gtalk account. No crash or errors reported and the voice/video calls menu entries are disabled but visible. The farstream transmitters plugins are loaded dynamically too, so there is no need to install gssdp, gupnp, nice and soup libraries if they are not used. I also patched the pidgin package to remove the gconf dependency, as it is needed only with Gnome (that installs it) to get the automatic configuration[2] for audio, video and url-handlers. Also the finch package uses gconf for audio configuration, while the libpurple package uses gconf for the proxy one. Finally finch does not require pidgin-data (25,7MB), but it is used only if installed for sounds, translations and the /etc/purple/prefs.xml file (that should go instead in the libpurple package). The patch attached should fix the bug, reducing by 2/3 the disk space requirements for pidgin (36,9MB / 10 packages instead of 102,4MB / 78 packages) and by 9/10 for finch (9,1MB / 8 packages instead of 100,3MB / 77 packages). The depends fields are replaced with recommends or suggests for the optional packages, conforming to the policy manual rule 7.2. No breakage is excepted because since the 0.7.17 version of Apt, the recommended packages are installed by default. There are other packages that depend on libfarstream and that may need to add the gstreamer plugins in the dependency fields (like empathy and gajim) according to the changes, but I will provide patches later. All the patches applies on the wheezy version, but the jessie packages are affected too. ciao References: 1. http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/farstream-devel/2012-April/000015.html 2. https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11191 Patches: 1. nogst: to be applied to the wheezy debian packages i386 2. backend_module: not useful, but included as reference (ver. 2.10.7)
diff -urN libfarstream/DEBIAN/control libfarstream-nogst/DEBIAN/control --- libfarstream/DEBIAN/control 2012-04-08 01:48:13.000000000 +0200 +++ libfarstream-nogst/DEBIAN/control 2013-12-03 17:25:03.484908105 +0100 @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ Package: libfarstream-0.1-0 Source: farstream -Version: 0.1.2-1 +Version: 0.1.2-1+nogst Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Debian Telepathy maintainers <pkg-telepathy-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Installed-Size: 855 Pre-Depends: multiarch-support -Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgssdp-1.0-3 (>= 0.12.0), libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.33), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.33), libgupnp-1.0-4 (>= 0.18.0), libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 (>= 0.1.8), libnice10 (>= 0.1.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.4.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (>= 0.10.33), gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (>= 0.10.29), gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (>= 0.10.17), gstreamer0.10-nice (>= 0.1.0) +Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.33), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.33), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27) +Recommends: libgssdp-1.0-3 (>= 0.12.0), libgupnp-1.0-4 (>= 0.18.0), libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 (>= 0.1.8), libnice10 (>= 0.1.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.4.0) +Suggests: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (>= 0.10.33), gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (>= 0.10.29), gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (>= 0.10.17), gstreamer0.10-nice (>= 0.1.0) Conflicts: libgstfarsight0.10-0 Replaces: libgstfarsight0.10-0 Section: libs @@ -20,3 +22,10 @@ plugins. . This package provides the core Farstream library. + . + libnice10 is needed to use the nice and the raw udp transmitters and the + MSN Webcam plugin. + libgssdp-1.0-3, libgupnp-1.0-4, libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 and libsoup2.4-1 are needed + to use the raw udp transmitter. + GStreamer plugins are optional components that may be needed by the software + built with Farsteram. diff -urN pidgin/DEBIAN/control pidgin-nogst/DEBIAN/control --- pidgin/DEBIAN/control 2013-02-13 21:57:39.000000000 +0100 +++ pidgin-nogst/DEBIAN/control 2013-12-06 09:19:20.582410040 +0100 @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Package: pidgin -Version: 2.10.6-3 +Version: 2.10.6-3+nogst Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Ari Pollak <a...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 2206 -Depends: pidgin-data (>= 2.10.6), pidgin-data (<< 2.10.6-z), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpurple0 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxss1, gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2), perl-base (>= 5.14.2-18), perlapi-5.14.2 -Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good -Suggests: libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9) +Depends: pidgin-data (>= 2.10.6), pidgin-data (<< 2.10.6-z), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpurple0 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxss1, perl-base (>= 5.14.2-18), perlapi-5.14.2 +Recommends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good +Suggests: gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9) Section: net Priority: optional Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im @@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ Some extra packages are suggested to use increased functionality: * libsqlite3-0: - To use Contact Availability Prediction plugin + * gstreamer0.10-plugins-base: + - To get sounds instead of the console beep + * gstreamer0.10-plugins-good: + - To make voice calls with Google Talk + * gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad: + - To make video calls with Google Talk + * gconf2: + - GNOME integration for the audio, video and browser settings diff -urN finch/DEBIAN/control finch-nogst/DEBIAN/control --- finch/DEBIAN/control 2013-02-13 21:58:02.000000000 +0100 +++ finch-nogst/DEBIAN/control 2013-12-06 09:19:35.906410444 +0100 @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Ari Pollak <a...@debian.org> Installed-Size: 784 -Depends: pidgin-data (>= 2.10.6), pidgin-data (<< 2.10.6-z), libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10), libncursesw5 (>= 5.6+20070908), libpurple0 (>= 2.8.0), libtinfo5, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) -Suggests: libx11-6 +Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.10), libncursesw5 (>= 5.6+20070908), libpurple0 (>= 2.8.0), libtinfo5, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) +Recommends: pidgin-data (>= 2.10.6), pidgin-data (<< 2.10.6-z) +Suggests: libx11-6, gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good Section: net Priority: optional Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im @@ -16,5 +17,11 @@ Bonjour, Groupwise, Sametime, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and MXit. . Some extra packages are suggested to use increased functionality: + * pidgin-data + - To get translated messages and sounds * libx11-6 - - To use the Clipboard and/or Toaster plugins. + - To use the Clipboard and/or Toaster plugins + * gstreamer0.10-plugins-base: + - To get sounds instead of the console beep + * gstreamer0.10-plugins-good: + - To make voice calls with Google Talk
diff -ur ./libpurple/Makefile.am ./libpurple/Makefile.am --- ./libpurple/Makefile.am 2013-02-11 10:16:51.000000000 +0100 +++ ./libpurple/Makefile.am 2013-11-29 08:39:14.000000000 +0100 @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ idle.c \ imgstore.c \ log.c \ - media/backend-fs2.c \ media/backend-iface.c \ media/candidate.c \ media/codec.c \ @@ -313,6 +312,12 @@ ciphers/libpurple-ciphers.la \ -lm +fs2dir = $(libdir)/purple-$(PURPLE_MAJOR_VERSION)/backends +fs2_LTLIBRARIES = fs2.la +fs2_la_SOURCES = media/backend-fs2.c +fs2_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version +fs2_la_LIBADD = $(GLIB_LIBS) $(FARSTREAM_LIBS) $(GSTREAMER_LIBS) $(GSTINTERFACES_LIBS) + AM_CPPFLAGS = \ -DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \ -DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)/purple-$(PURPLE_MAJOR_VERSION)/\" \ diff -ur ./libpurple/media.c ./libpurple/media.c --- ./libpurple/media.c 2013-02-11 10:16:51.000000000 +0100 +++ ./libpurple/media.c 2013-11-29 08:52:43.053959562 +0100 @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ #include "debug.h" #ifdef USE_GSTREAMER +#ifdef BACKEND_DEBUG #include "media/backend-fs2.h" +#endif #include "marshallers.h" #include "media-gst.h" #endif @@ -578,7 +580,7 @@ GstElement * purple_media_get_src(PurpleMedia *media, const gchar *sess_id) { -#ifdef USE_VV +#if defined(USE_VV) && defined(BACKEND_DEBUG) g_return_val_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA(media), NULL); if (PURPLE_IS_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2(media->priv->backend)) @@ -1357,7 +1359,7 @@ void purple_media_set_input_volume(PurpleMedia *media, const gchar *session_id, double level) { -#ifdef USE_VV +#if defined(USE_VV) && defined(BACKEND_DEBUG) g_return_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA(media)); g_return_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2(media->priv->backend)); @@ -1372,7 +1374,7 @@ const gchar *session_id, const gchar *participant, double level) { -#ifdef USE_VV +#if defined(USE_VV) && defined(BACKEND_DEBUG) g_return_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA(media)); g_return_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2(media->priv->backend)); @@ -1424,7 +1426,7 @@ purple_media_get_tee(PurpleMedia *media, const gchar *session_id, const gchar *participant) { -#ifdef USE_VV +#if defined(USE_VV) && defined(BACKEND_DEBUG) g_return_val_if_fail(PURPLE_IS_MEDIA(media), NULL); if (PURPLE_IS_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2(media->priv->backend)) diff -ur ./libpurple/mediamanager.c ./libpurple/mediamanager.c --- ./libpurple/mediamanager.c 2013-02-11 10:16:51.000000000 +0100 +++ ./libpurple/mediamanager.c 2013-11-26 05:42:44.810280574 +0100 @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ GList *elements; GList *output_windows; gulong next_output_window_id; + GModule *backend_module; GType backend_type; GstCaps *video_caps; @@ -170,12 +171,26 @@ static void purple_media_manager_init (PurpleMediaManager *media) { +#define MODULE_FS2_FILENAME LIBDIR "backends/fs2.so" + GType (*purple_media_backend_fs2_get_type)(void); + media->priv = PURPLE_MEDIA_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE(media); media->priv->medias = NULL; media->priv->next_output_window_id = 1; -#ifdef USE_VV - media->priv->backend_type = PURPLE_TYPE_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2; -#endif + + /* dynamically load the media backend */ + media->priv->backend_module = g_module_open (MODULE_FS2_FILENAME, 0); + + if (media->priv->backend_module) { + /* get the gobject public methods */ + if (!g_module_symbol (media->priv->backend_module, + "purple_media_backend_fs2_get_type", + (gpointer *) & + purple_media_backend_fs2_get_type)) + g_error ("error: %s", g_module_error ()); + media->priv->backend_type = PURPLE_TYPE_MEDIA_BACKEND_FS2; + } else + media->priv->backend_type = G_TYPE_NONE; purple_prefs_add_none("/purple/media"); purple_prefs_add_none("/purple/media/audio"); @@ -197,6 +212,8 @@ g_list_delete_link(priv->elements, priv->elements)) { g_object_unref(priv->elements->data); } + if (priv->backend_module) + g_module_close (priv->backend_module); if (priv->video_caps) gst_caps_unref(priv->video_caps); parent_class->finalize(media);