* Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-23 21:27]: Wow... Randy, the only purpose of my nitpicking is to maybe be helpful. And that's what it is, just nitpicking.
> > I don't believe GnuPG for thunderbird and libjpeg for gtk2 are in the > > same boat. Yet, both are 'recommended'. > > Not any more. You'll need to use different packages as the > foundation of your argument. OK. In the Gimp page, Gimp-print is recommended, but it is not an essential package. I would argue it's on the same level as GnuPG for thunderbird. I don't believe not having it should preclude support on the lists. Also, there's a very helpful box warning you about the configure options you'll need if you don't have all the 'recommendations'. Not all packages have this. > > I won't deny support to anyone having trouble with thunderbird for not > > having gnupg. Not having jpeg support in gtk2 and then complaining about > > is, well, completely different. > > You are dwelling on *a mistake* made by an editor. That editor was > me. I'm sorry it caused you so much pain. I fixed it today. Too bad > you couldn't have provided some insight *before* today, so that it > could have been fixed sooner. Again, wow. I wish I knew why I deserve such a response... I'm not dwelling on anything... it was an example picked at random. I provided insight on the gtk2+jpeg issue, and it resulted in a helpful warning box added to the book. Maybe I should have brought the GnuPG thing to the list's attention. It's just nitpicking, though, and missing it doesn't break the package's build system. If I had a magic wand, I'd break 'recommended' into three parts: - things you can disable, but you most probably don't want to - things you can disable if you don't need/want some extra functionality - things the BLFS editors install (their personal recommendation). Neither me nor the BLFS editors have one, so I'll just STFU. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
