Hi there, Jesse. I maintain both the kdenlive-git and kdenlive-applications-git packages in Arch.
The software functions without these packages installed, which means that they are optional. I was asked specifically to make these packages optional. There are some users that do not want to install the whole kde just to have a good video editor. Breeze is quite a large download for someone on dial-up, for instance. I am not in the business of telling people how to use their computers, and if some people want to use kdenlive without the above-mentioned packages installed, it is possible. Making a package non-optional removes that possibility, and is not a very nice thing to do to quite a surprisingly large group of people. So, yes there is a way, but no, I am not going to do it. Kind regards, Evert On 18/11/2016, Jesse DuBord <jesse.dub...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd noticed during a test build & install of Kdenlive-git from AUR on > Antergos (Arch Linux) that it doesn't install the breeze, oxygen-icon or > frei0r-plugins packages by default, which eliminates the possibility of > the new dark default Breeze look after install as well as some icons and > effects. > > Evert, I believe you have some part in the packaging for the git master > build on AUR, yeah? Is there a way these packages could be added as > dependencies, and not optional ones? Does anyone disagree that these > should be recognized as non-optional dependencies for Kdenlive to > function as expected? > > -- Evert Vorster Isometrix Acquistion Superchief
