<quote who="Evan Martin"> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:08:32PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > The 'gnome' package provides an entire suite of desktop applications, > > running on top of the GNOME Desktop (gnome-core), which is mostly useful > > for installing a complete environment. I don't use it, I just use the > > GNOME Desktop and install other stuff as I need them. > > Seconded. I've never met* a Debian user who apt-get installs "gnome"; > everyone just grabs the pieces they want. > > > * which isn't to say such users don't exist
Hmm, sorry, just using myself as a bad example - I didn't mean to imply that the 'gnome' package is not useful. It definitely is, and we should cater to those users, but gnome-core is still the most appropriate meta package for the fam depend. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "So I'll have to talk about what I know instead. If you are so inclined, you may infer that I am totally oblivious to anything I don't talk about today." - Larry Wall
