On 5/18/06, TheOldFellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> I think this is overkill. We don't list components for any other
> package and the data is available in the wget files. Xorg7 is, after
> all, really one application with *lots* of components.
No, it's a lot of applications that together provide a windowing system.
It certainly isn't ONE application, since you can miss lots of it out
and still have functionality.
I agree. The modular view is much more accurate. You need libraries
such as libX11 and libXext to provide certain functions in an X
environment. The only monolithic part left is xorg-server. It *does*
have a lot of components that allow you to run an X server. And the
proof of these statements is what Richard said. You don't need to
install every application provided to have a functioning X windowing
system. I probably have most of the headers and libraries installed,
but about 1/8 of the apps or less.
I don't consider rman to be part of the X windowing system at all.
It's just another utility needed by an application that runs in an X
environment.
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Dan
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