<quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > > > Yes, but wouldn't it be nice if people got GNOME when they thought > > > they were getting GNOME? > > > > 'apt-get install gnome' remains thoroughly GNOME, regardless of changes > > to the other meta packages (that it may depend on). > > That's good then, and sorry for my confusion. I seem to have got the idea > that it had many additional and/or one or two fewer packages.
The 'gnome' meta package has many, many, many additional packages than what upstream calls the 'GNOME Desktop' release. And so it should! > > Calling Debian decisions "radical upstream patches" seemed entirely out > > of place. > > I was referring to what looked to me (yes, very possibly due to my own > confusion, I freely admit, please forgive my ignorance) like a suggestion > to remove zenity (a GNOME Desktop) from "apt-get install gnome". The 'gnome' meta package does not represent the 'GNOME Desktop' release. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "When you're running, you want to run as far as you can, and you can't run further than Australia." - Jacek Koman
