From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mxout2.netvision.net.il (mxout2.netvision.net.il [194.90.9.21]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C672015DB9 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 10:18:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from laptop.dan.net ([62.0.64.206]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built Sep 5 2001)) with ESMTP id <0GU50073OMM8F7@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2002 19:18:43 +0300 (IDT) Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 01:18:58 +0300 From: Dan Armak Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] big packages In-reply-to: <3CAEC283.4010809@optushome.com.au> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-id: <200204060118.58816.danarmak@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <3CAEC283.4010809@optushome.com.au> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: fd802700-0949-48f2-859d-6a29c896485f X-Archives-Hash: 2c0868834ebe746d7ac215720ac1e00b On Saturday 06 April 2002 12:40, michael wrote: > i would like to see some packages (namely the kde ones) seperated into > smaller ones so that you could install just kghostview or just kmail or > some other major program (with the right kde dependencies) without say > having to install a whole package like kdegraphics which contains a > bunch of stuff i dont need. > maybe there are some options i just need to change to do this. enlighten > me. > This may and probably will be done at some point. But, it will require time and effort and I would like to wait a week or two first to make sure all the KDE3-related bugs and issues have ben ironed out before starting something like this. -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux developer (KDE) Matan, Israel