-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Levi Ramsey wrote: > On Sun Aug 10 22:38 -0400, Greg Meyer wrote: > >>Cooker #1: I use kmail but not knode, so why can't we do like SuSE and allow >>me to install kmail and not knode and all the other stuff that comes in >>kdenetwork that I don't need.
>>Cooker #2: But it makes it so much easier to manage KDE packaging to just >>keep it all together, and disk space is cheap now anyway, so that shouldn't >>be an issue. But it could force people to install potentially insecure software (such as setuid pppd) they would otherwise not need (none of our desktops need kppp, which requires pppd, since we have no desktops with modems, and I don't want pppd just so someone can read mail with kmail). >>Cooker #1: But I don't like having stuff installed I don't use even though I >>have the disk space. And what about the users on dial-up? Why should we make >>them download all of kdenetwork when all they need is kmail. >> >>Cooker #2: But it is crazy to make a zillion KDE packages. How will people >>know what they nedd? Pseudo packages (as I believe Laurent has done for some major packages already). > Another argument in favor of splitting is that it minimizes the need to > upload a massive package when one small component changes... Uhh, no, in this case the source packages aren't being split, so an update to one small component will mean an upload of a lot of small pacakges, which is actually probably more likely to fail (one package in 10 not making it can cause problems for the other 9 if it's the wrong package) , than the upload of one big package. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/N8ParJK6UGDSBKcRAptjAKCzx+PjrG22mP3Bpr/YsLcnZSJnQQCcDC1B TQ66MIuFpFOJc52rbjQ0w00= =2w1/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
