From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F1f7a-0004yO-04 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:31:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0P7USHF009725; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:30:28 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0P7RPwj007965 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:27:25 GMT Received: from [213.121.151.206] (helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1F1f3s-0002qW-Lg for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:27:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F1f3i-00074M-LU for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:27:14 +0000 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:27:09 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmasking modular X Message-ID: <20060125072709.57bada81@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <43D725D6.9080601@gentoo.org> References: <43D5D1E4.9020801@gentoo.org> <20060124071808.14fcecc3@snowdrop.home> <43D5D84C.5000105@gentoo.org> <20060125012137.2c706947@snowdrop.home> <43D71A79.6020104@gentoo.org> <20060125065327.2d39a0d2@snowdrop.home> <43D725D6.9080601@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc3 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_aGo3rgiDXmfBOH=Jd.f2pp4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 3b1f7c3c-03d0-40fa-995f-cb34931206a4 X-Archives-Hash: ef04d34fc4d00ce844d70fc760377154 --Sig_aGo3rgiDXmfBOH=Jd.f2pp4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:16:38 -0800 Donnie Berkholz wrote: | Where do they define "lots"? Many packages will legitimately pull in a | large quantity of libs or apps that are not installed by someone | emerging xorg-server, e.g. Heck, add in a "non-ported-package" fake package hack if you really think ~arch users will have a hard time telling. | I guarantee you that adding all of modular X to the virtual/x11 will | make this drag out for years, and THAT is unacceptable to me. Why must it drag out for years? There's no difference in the speed of porting between the solutions. The only difference is the impact upon end users. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (King of all Londinium) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_aGo3rgiDXmfBOH=Jd.f2pp4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD1yhS96zL6DUtXhERAmpgAJ0aPli5HwD3x+eZO6H8ICs5eyWNdgCgni+8 tqZ53cLvRswK+3eCfId2WRI= =koOX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_aGo3rgiDXmfBOH=Jd.f2pp4-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list