From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NYMBg-0005Mn-01 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:16:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18B23E05B4; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f215.google.com (mail-bw0-f215.google.com [209.85.218.215]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEFAAE05B4 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so1200935bwz.26 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:15:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=v2P9+kRU2n3uCmTD4lqZfXiWS8/v8oMaJ7WAPhrlV/w=; b=eOqaDPZpnqwsSPlqk+b6ayoZkTM2D/vdFnTbKiuO5Nx/iCPh/q+7dVp2SQKU0BRkob zFtoG9GySdSu8RvPJ/YO7N0wdmCYcXqc2QpXP0Dra0Cv7pcg6FdSP3mrdjqBEd78erkr dJ97nc6com2LMDMEB7I+A3jUzkYPzz6YRz4Bk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=HUtvWcy93XMcoLlAgcZBaMBfv+PIG9KFBEwTf/SU971Cnp98oSPboSds5UaSmDtLv5 6DT1R30xAZt+mIuDKqlqXF+SrLuZbK2XRTOVfspXKH33bDloCvCtHa8MFZvVmbM4nVBE tjjreuZIC+BQ6MyopYp+FVMuLL0nSf+yjy7X4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-desktop@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-desktop@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: yngwin.gentoo@gmail.com Received: by 10.239.149.196 with SMTP id k4mr329303hbb.1.1264176949934; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:15:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200910241542.17701.reavertm@gmail.com> References: <200910241542.17701.reavertm@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:15:49 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 87cfb018482b95a5 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] [RFC] Splitting desktop profile to KDE and GNOME From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-desktop@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 59c778d7-7045-41ab-9e70-6a9e27e2920e X-Archives-Hash: aad4d7f941c85274825e9d9e77babc73 2009/10/24 Maciej Mrozowski : > Hi there! > > Resulting from discussion during last Gentoo KDE team meeting taking place 22 > Oct 2009 at #gentoo-meetings (summary fill be available soon), having Gentoo > GNOME team representative, it's been decided to go ahead with splitting > desktop profile to DE-specific subprofiles, to avoid bloat and provide desktop > specific separation which should result in desktop subprofiles being actually > practical. > It's been proposed to: > > - keep 'desktop' profile but strip it from any desktop specific features and > settings, making it default recommended choice for anyone using non-KDE and > non-GNOME desktop environment, yet avoiding USE flags bloat. Any other DE is > free to join and create own DE-specific subprofile if needed. > > - create 'KDE' (or 'kde') and 'GNOME' (or 'gnome') subprofiles within > 'desktop' profile and move any desktop specific things there. This should in > theory allow us to not add 'recommended' IUSE defaults to desktop specific > packages, but keep those settings in profile - making profile effectively 'out > of the box' solution for those who need it. > > If you have any comments, suggestions, important notices regarding this > change, please keep discussion in gentoo-desktop mailing list. > > Thanks > > -- > regards > MM > Three months later... Why has this not been implemented yet? Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) ______________________________________________________