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 1GAYCq-0006yk-9L for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:29:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k78KRbPd031395; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:27:37 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 k78KMWr5017940 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:22:32 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by forum.psychotherapie.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id k78KMXPd010162 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:22:33 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id k78KM2Vs005875 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:22:02 +0200 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:22:02 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for advanced useflag-syntax Message-ID: <20060808202202.GB1477@nibiru.local> References: <20060803153407.GA19696@nibiru.local> <44D2FD2A.6080505@gentoo.org> <20060804090130.GA15814@seldon> <20060807134802.GH25236@nibiru.local> <1155001487.5369.4.camel@localhost> <44D7FC04.7040903@gentoo.org> <20060808104037.GD15665@nibiru.local> <20060808145018.GB28194@nibiru.local> <20060808111216.e86296d6.tcort@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: <20060808111216.e86296d6.tcort@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 6bf4f9e5-e4e7-47bf-b39a-90b84c400f0c X-Archives-Hash: c88d12fa078a03ae069e23e5c1bbf060 * Thomas Cort schrieb: > $ grep minimal /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc > minimal - Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, > fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) Very vague. The user has to take a deep look into the ebuilt and the binary package to see what's actually inside. And if you just use this one flag for the whole monolithic Xorg tree, you'll loose the ability to install just what's needed. There has to be an frontline somewhere, and its only *one* line. So you have to make a decision, where it actually is. No matter where you define it, in most situations you will have to install much much more than really necessary. Either the minimal variant is too big that it doesn't save much, or it is too small that you'll need the whole thing. I think, modularized Xorg, as we have today, is far much better than the old monolithic thing. 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