On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 15:09 +0000, Duncan wrote: > OK, I've not seen this dealt with on any of the Gentoo groups/lists I'm > in since at least early 2004, there's nothing I can find about it on > bugs, and for some reason my package.provided entry quit working, > bringing the question back to the front burner. > > Why is openssh (as virtual/ssh) part of the desktop profiles?
Uhh... Because I like it and people expect it to be there. You're more than capable of removing it from your system. > Anyway, I think at least a discussion might be worthwhile, and I decided > to bring it up here to see what desktop folks thought, before bothering > the entire dev list with the idea. If it gets shot down here, then no > need to bring it up there. I keep thinking that /someone/ must have > asked the question before, but I haven't seen it in three years now, so > it can't be /too/ much of a FAQ. Feel free to bring it up, but the desktop profile is maintained by Release Engineering since it is used to build release media. I have no intentions on removing it, since I see it as invaluable, but if a convincing enough argument were made, I could see *some* concessions on it. My personal belief is that the profiles shouldn't be removing requirements on things unless they're incompatible. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation
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