Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kdebase-dev
Hello! This is about up-to-date Ubuntu Gutsy.
Please take a look at bug #160953. Compiz' build-deps include the kwin
headers (for the kde window decorator); unfortunately the only way to
get those is to depend on kdebase-dev.
This is unpleasant for people who are not using KDE at all (eg, me),
because for some reason kdebase-dev also installs (directly or
indirectly) konqueror, konsole, kdeprint, kicker, klipper, poster,
libvorbis, and a few other things that are irrelevant for Compiz.
Installing all these uses up space and can also take lots of time during
updates, which is useless for someone who just wants to work on Compiz
itself.
It is possible to manually remove the superfluous packages (Compiz can
be compiled without KDE support), but it's very inconvenient; especially
for someone who is not very familiar with KDE it's difficult to identify
which ones are useful and which aren't.
To fix the other bug it is enough to just create a separate kwin-dev
package and make kdebase-dev depend on it. Compiz can switch then to the
much more compact build-dep.
On the other hand, are konqueror, kate and kicker really necessary
dependencies for kdebase-dev? I would expect that just for "compile[ing]
software based on the KDE base module" (as is the package's description)
much less would be needed. Someone who actually wants those programs can
just install kdebase directly.
** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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kwin-dev package needed (kdebase-dev split)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162669
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