On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:53:38AM +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:10:01 +0100 > Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But I agree that some apps can be dropped by some people :) Another > > difference - I rely on xmodmap to be able to easily type certain > > obscure glyphs. It's all about choice. > > And there's the rub; how can people make a choice if they don't have > the info about what depends on what? If we just present all the apps in > a long "take it or leave it" list people will have to work out for > themselves which ones they need. It's the kind of information that > should be in the book. Documenting dependencies is what the book is > good at. > > Andy
True. But until we have a reliable list of dependencies, I would prefer to keep them all there. Of course, if anybody already knows all the details, please shout. When I last looked at the gentoo wiki for what the apps did (several years ago) it was incomplete and patchy. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
