Eric Boutilier wrote: > Bart Smaalders wrote: > >> Eric Boutilier wrote: >> >>> >>> What hit me is that in order to be viable these days, any >>> desktop implementation needs Firefox, and that Firefox >>> is based on GNOME (GTK+) libraries, Glib, Pango, ATK, >>> et al. So what does this have to do with this document? >>> Well, in addition to the set of packages needed to get >>> X running[1], all the packages that Firefox needs (lots of >>> them) are also required. So here's a copy of that set. In >>> specific, this set is intended to comprise the additional >>> packages that Firefox depends on, but not to include >>> any superfluous packages: >> >> >> I'll assert w/o proof that any desktop that needs firefox & >> gnome isn't small... > > > Yes, but I meant not GNOME, but rather a subset of the same GUI > libraries that GNOME happens to also use. E.g. if viewed in the context > of the JDS consolidation, a small subset of it. > > Eric >
Ok, but seriously, why minimize a user desktop? I understand if you're building a network appliance w/ limited memory or some sort of embedded controller, but desktops tend to grow... and there's nothing more irritating than hunting up and installing software you could have put there to begin with.... - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts
