[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r25872 - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/video/vlc

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Yury G. Kudryashov wrote:

> Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> seems to add a few dozen megabytes to the closure of vlc.  For instance,
>> do avahi and samba provide useful functionality in a video player for
>> most users?  Do we need 3 different audio backends (alsa, pulseaudio,
>> jackaudio)?  And why do we need SDL?
> I will move most of this to options this week-end, OK?
Actually, the best way to go is to split all vlc backends from the main 
package but this is not easy.