Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: community spirit

[Eske Christiansen]

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 12:44 +0100, Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:
> Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> >>>>>>"Jacob" == Jacob Gorm Hansen <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Jacob> In this case I have to install two or three web browsers (that
> > Jacob> I am never going to use), kerberos support, GroupWise support,
> > Jacob> and various other stuff, just to get a (very fancy) email
> > Jacob> client.
> > 
> > This is mainly due to you installing binary packages. On my FreeBSD
> > box, my /etc/make.conf lists the options I want for packages. When a
> > program gets installed, it will be configured and compiled with the
> > dependencies needed by the options I set. In your case, you get a
> > binary suitable for "everyone", which includes every possible option
> 
> Which is also a 'lazy programmer' solution, but of little value to
> non-expert users (so my mom should just pull the source on her 56K modem
> and type make?). In this case, it seems the right thing to do would be
> to check for the groupwise etc plugins, and use them if present, instead
> of mandating their presence.  I also don't see why it needs both
> Epiphany, Mozilla, AND libgtkhtml.
> 

or the use flags like gentoo uses...... but they are not even perfect
but a step i the right direction 

best
eske

> Jacob
> 
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