> On 6 March 2016 at 23:13, Paul Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Paul Rogers wrote: > >>>>> I'm getting a little confuddled making my way through toolkit > >>>>> dependencies. Firefox is a major requirement, and somewhere > >>>>> around 44 they may have switched to gtk3. I also want a > >>>> > >>>>Does it have to be firefox? What about midori? > >>> > >>> Let's say it does, and stick to the question, eh? > >> > >>That's an unusual attitude from somebody who's seeking assistance. > >> > >>Richard > > > > I'm sorry if you're offended, Richard, but the question was about > > choosing toolkits (which BTW are dependencies of packages other than > > Firefox, e.g. XFCE), NOT about which browser I need or whether I > > need it. So, yes, I didn't think Bruce's answer was appropriate > > either. > > I have nothing to be offended about; your reply was to Bruce, which I > quoted. I just felt that it was unnecessarily terse when he was > trying to offer a solution for your benefit.
Did you have a solution to the toolkit question to offer? > > I felt his answer was entirely appropriate as you were talking about It was? So I was somehow unclear with, "*Firefox is a major requirement*"? > "a lightweight desktop environment", among other things. Clearly, > from his answer, he felt that Firefox would be an unlikely part of "a > lightweight desktop environment", and I have to agree. How could I have made it any clearer that Firefox is a requirement and it, among other packages, is not the issue, but various packages changing toolkits at various times is? I thought I was clarifying the reasons why I was having a problem choosing a toolkit, or whether nowadays it's necessary to support both. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Same, same, but different... -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
