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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GAOzJ-0000aZ-GT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:39:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k78Ac4O1031257; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:38:05 GMT Received: from forum.psychotherapie.org (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k78AZJri010438 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:35:19 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by forum.psychotherapie.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id k78AZK1Q015152 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:35:20 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id k78AYlOT018481 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:34:47 +0200 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:34:47 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for advanced useflag-syntax Message-ID: <20060808103447.GC15665@nibiru.local> References: <7B97065F451A23458ED0C63B4CA5A2EA1D2911@SRV-EXCHANGE.AUTOonline.local> <20060807134802.GH25236@nibiru.local> <1155001487.5369.4.camel@localhost> <200608072214.04007.vapier@gentoo.org> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608072214.04007.vapier@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 78c9ce39-b42c-4bc1-8308-1c57194385a9 X-Archives-Hash: 6d9c3c86f9429a6dfaf25405cb59fe9c * Mike Frysinger schrieb: > On Monday 07 August 2006 21:44, W.Kenworthy wrote: > > My personal opinion is that whilst things like modular X are good for > > developers, they are not so good for users - particularly gentoo users. > > we provide meta packages (X/kde/gnome/etc...) for the split packages > so users can just emerge 1 package to get them all > > on one machine i like to run kde so the meta packages are a godsend ... > yet on another machine, i only want k3b/kmail and nothing else so the > split packages too are a godsend :) Very good point. What's best here is a matter of personal taste or individual system requirements. Gentoo's strength comes from respecting those user wishes. If you stop doing that, you aren't better then all these Evil-Binary-Distros (TM) ;-P cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list