[oe] unnecessary dependencies?

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2011/8/1 Steffen Sledz <sledz at dresearch-fe.de>

> We are working on an application which requires libgssdp.
>
> libgssdp requires libsoup, libsoup inherits gnome, gnome inherits
> gtk-icon-cache, gtk-icon-cache rdepends hicolor-icon-theme. So this icon
> theme (probably a lot more gnome stuff) unnecessarily allocates place in our
> image (we do not have a GUI). :(
>
> Are these deps really necessary?
>
>
I know this does not answer your question, but if you do not have a GUI
maybe libgssdp is not the best choice for your project.
You could consider another upnp library (e.g. libupnp).

And ofc a workaround could be to simply nuke all nonneeded junk at image
creation time.

Enjoy!
Frans.