20 Dec
2011
20 Dec
'11
3:25 a.m.
I am aware that it does drag in a hefty bit of
libraries. Here is a quote from a user who mentioned this on
reddit today:
"So? Start with Trinity, strip away
everything that isn't needed for Konqueror 3
functionality, and package it? I don't *care* if the end
result is half a Gig in size - that doesn't matter. The
functionality does"
Essentially Konqueror doesn't need the rest
of tdebase, and most of what it depends on is from tdelibs.
What it does depend on can be packaged in with
it.
Konqueror on my machine pulls in 72 different
libraries, as a comparison, firefox pulls in at 57 and
mplayer at 142
I think it might be worth
considering,
A common complaint I read often in reviews is from people wanting to use a sole notable
KDE app in a GTK environment is using that one app requires loading several KDE related
libraries. Amarok, Digikam, etc. Same complaint will be heard with Konqueror. :)
Of course, I dislike using GTK apps in KDE3/TDE. :)
One of the significant reasons I remain with KDE3/TDE is Konqueror as a file manager.
Offering the app as a stand alone is an interesting topic but is the goal worth the
effort? People running GTK desktops are unlikely to be motivated. People running GNOME or
Unity are unlikely to be motivated. People running KDE4 are unlikely to be motivated.
I'm not against the idea. Just saying the payback might be nominal at best. :)
With that said, as an R15 priority I VERY MUCH would like to see a move toward
modularizing TDE. That move would reduce build and debugging issues and could very well
help your idea too.
Darrell