[MacPorts] #21982: Taglib should not use kde4 portgroup

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Sat Oct 10 12:06:41 PDT 2009


#21982: Taglib should not use kde4 portgroup
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 Reporter:  singingwolfboy@…             |       Owner:  rmsfisher@…           
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new                   
 Priority:  Normal                       |   Milestone:                        
Component:  ports                        |     Version:  1.8.1                 
 Keywords:                               |        Port:  taglib                
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 The kde4 portgroup is used for installing KDE ports. However, taglib is
 not actually a KDE project, even though its maintained by the KDE
 developers. From the taglib homepage:

 {{{
 TagLib is not toolkit specific - while TagLib does use KDE-style
 programming conventions and C++ by default, it does not link to
 either Qt or Glib (in fact it has no  external dependancies) and
 does provide Glib-style C bindings (currently for the generic API only)
 }}}

 Therefore, it should not use the kde4 portgroup. Setting this portgroup
 pulls in automoc and qt4-mac as dependencies -- in particular, qt4-mac is
 a HUGE port that is completely unnecessary. It also displays several error
 messages if you try to install it without having qt4-mac installed.

 Perhaps taglib should use the cmake portgroup instead.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21982>
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