Sound module required for some modules

I have no intention of using sounds module at all. However, I am forced to install sound module in order to use events module. I shouldn't be forced to install sound module.

Isn't that the whole point of modules being independent from each other in this upcoming dolphin 8... no?

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Doesn't make much sense, does it?  I griped about module interdependencies, but no one listened.  In my case, I didn't want to use the 'Files' module, but I can't uninstall it because it is required by the groups module, and I want the groups module.  I haven't even bothered to check other 'Module' dependencies, since griping about things that don't make sense is frowned upon as of late. 

I share your sentiments in that 'Modules' should actually be modular.  All of this stuff, ideally should be controllable via admin panel.  I like D7's user part, but the back end is horrific.  Once D7 is released, I will be praying that Boonex, for once in it's life, provides a real administration section by 7.1.  I use Invision Power Board, and there's almost as many lines of code in its admin folder, as the entire Dolphin 7 package.... and it's just a forum script.   I really hope D7 take the high road and not the low road D6 took with the admin part.  In D6, practically every little thing you wanted to turn off, required digging into files and surgically removing code.
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I like that, "surgically removing code" semantic.

I'm going to assume that this will take time for the restructuring at least until dolphin 8 for everything to be modular (that's the word I was looking for).

I suppose that temporary workaround would be to remove the sound buttons from the web pages.

Did you say Dolphin 8?  Not sure I want to wait 3 years for illogical module dependencies to be removed.

guynuked could be right... As far as I remember Andrew's words, D7 is kind of bridge and D8 will be fully modular.

Yes, Andrew said that. As well he said on the same day, the 08.08.2008, modules coming fast if you have the right framework  - if all going well, NBT/Poseidon is out before the end of the year or anytime at the beginning of 2009....... if I remember this right. Now he talks from "Trident" (means Poseidon?) which will take over the main role from D7 not before 3 years. So this is all together very confusing. Andrew said as well that D8 need at least a year to catch up in functions. So in the end for me it looks like that D7 comes out this year. 7.1 in the middle of next year being much more modular. D8 coming out maybe in the end of 2010 or middle of 2011 and have the ground functions all modular - and run then for a year or 1 1/2 year parallel until D8 has catch up in functions. So the answer is maybe in the middle by 7.1 or 7.2 - or maybe at the early D8. Anyway, we need a lot of more patience it looks like.