On 06/26/2012 05:11 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
Will Stephenson wrote:
On Monday 25 June 2012 09:13:50 Peter Maffter wrote:
There are dependencies in my case libqzeitgeist0 -> libphonon4 -> amarok,digikam, dolphin and a multitude of other dependencies although the Zeitgeist Engine is not installed in my case.
So if I use amarok, digikam and many others I have to use libqzeitgeist0 ?
We're reviewing this optional dependency, see opensuse-kde@. I don't think it's worth having, myself.
https://live.gnome.org/Zeitgeist/UseCases
"Here follows a list of user interactions that User Interfaces, using Zeitgeist and other software projects (Tracker, Teamgeist, etc) could provide."
1. John Hacker can't remember what he worked on the previous day. He opens the Journal and looks at the files in the Development section, to find out he didn't work at all because it was Sunday and he was tired.
[rest of sales pitch & rebuttal redacted.] Ah. So *this* is why no one can live and function without zeitgeist. And this is why it *must* always be installed and running. Isn't it nice to know that someone else cares so much to decide for us what we need and must use. Kind of Big Brother-ish but we all need someone to look after us, guide us, hold our hands, etc., think for us, don't we? Right? Right? Seriously, this is just one of the latest in a line of paternalistic apps that get installed and run by default because we are too stupid to know that we absolutely, desperately need them, too stupid to be on our own, too stupid to know how to manage our own business. And being so stupid, we certainly don't need to approve of installing and using them let alone know of them - someone else will take care of all that for us. But good intentions, however misguided or sincere (or not), can include ulterior motives, hidden agendas. And people wonder why some are suspicious of such things? Isn't anyone tired of this yet? jd -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org