From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-10684-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 22726 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2004 16:05:44 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 26 Feb 2004 16:05:44 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AwO1A-0005WA-BC for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:05:44 +0000 Received: (qmail 31736 invoked by uid 50004); 26 Feb 2004 16:05:44 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12675 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2004 16:05:43 +0000 From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <403E1759.1030001@gentoo.org> References: <1076987863.15233.27.camel@localhost> <200402251532.01210.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <200402250454.47750.iggy@gentoo.org> <403DF481.9090904@gentoo.org> <1077801662.20008.2.camel@localhost> <403DF80C.6060407@gentoo.org> <87fzcx97k7.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <403E1759.1030001@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-WtOon2wV/3SBSzNF25U+" Message-Id: <1077811541.20540.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:05:41 -0500 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamxCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-35.2, required 5, EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION, IN_REP_TO, MIME_LONG_LINE_QP, PGP_SIGNATURE_2, REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_XIMIAN) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] No XFree86 w/ new license X-Archives-Salt: d56747b6-d9b4-49cf-9929-5580ea06f45f X-Archives-Hash: 24161d3238ccd0bc0070e3035dd9e1d3 --=-WtOon2wV/3SBSzNF25U+ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 10:57, Stewart wrote: > Yes, it is a major component. Nay, it is a critical component. Without a=20 > GUI, we may as well write our source code on toilet paper and distribute=20 > it to the developers to be used appropriately. >=20 > Graphical User Environment =3D Market Acceptance. Period. You make the assumption that part of what makes Gentoo what it is, is having X. This is not the case. It doesn't matter what you say about market acceptance, if Gentoo is not provided by default with X (meaning X is part of "system" in my interpretation), it is not a "major component" of the "operating system." D --=20 Donnie Berkholz Gentoo Linux --=-WtOon2wV/3SBSzNF25U+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAPhlVXVaO67S1rtsRAhuIAJ4+Epjk4qetcUrX3N76qsfMuavchACgvSjy dT0u1cgZgzy1AXtnbIwFqz4= =0dcj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-WtOon2wV/3SBSzNF25U+--