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Bug 336952 - Drop gnome-mime-data dependency
Drop gnome-mime-data dependency
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-vfs
Classification: Deprecated
Component: Build
cvs (head)
Other All
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: gnome-vfs maintainers
gnome-vfs maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-02 18:55 UTC by Julio Merino
Modified: 2009-01-05 12:18 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
Proposed patch. (1.88 KB, patch)
2006-04-02 18:56 UTC, Julio Merino 		none Details | Review

Description Julio Merino 2006-04-02 18:55:37 UTC 
The gnome-mime-data package provides the mime database information used in pre-2.8 GNOME versions.  Or at least it seems so because it installs its files in the now-deprecated share/application-registry and share/mime-info directories.

However, gnome-vfs still depends on this package, adding an extra dependency to the build process.  The dependency should be removed.

(For what is worth, I'm using GNOME 2.14 without gnome-mime-data and it works fine so far.)
Comment 1 Julio Merino 2006-04-02 18:56:07 UTC 
Created attachment 62622 [details] [review]
Proposed patch.
Comment 2 Alexander Larsson 2007-02-28 12:27:47 UTC 
Some of the deprecated (but still supported) APIs need this data. Most apps don't need it, but its required for backwards compat.