Ian Darwin wrote:
Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 04:28:34PM -0600, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
(what about a GNOME meta-package?)
If meta-packages will get separate cetegory (subdir) under ${PORTSDIR}
I support the idea, otherwise I'm against.
I would like to hear others opinion.
Works for me; I came up w/ same idea (for kde) a year ago. No strong
pref on having own category
or not; gnome and kde would make sense in X11, for example.
As they are of especial benefit to the mythical "user", it might make
sense to use the same or
at least similar names and scopes to meta-packages on other systems
(Ubuntu Linux at least
uses them).
I realize that this "sounds" tempting and "seems" reasonable. When I
first started using OpenBSD a few years ago, I found the process of
having to individually download each KDE package , OOH SOO irritating!!
But I now deeply appreciate having control over my operating system and
pretty much only getting what "I" want, not what "someone else," has
deemed appropriate for me.
Now that I've "Matured", I don't even use KDE any more!
I just did a, call it a community service project, where I did an
OpenBSD and Ubuntu Server Installation Help Page for a software package.
Wow, was I shocked at all the crap Ubuntu forced down my throat without
even asking me if I really wanted that stuff!! And this was the SERVER
package, not the desktop package!
I think forcing people to struggle with OpenBSD a little is a good
thing. Hey, I chose OpenBSD very quickly after playing with a few
versions of linux when I decided to abandon windows.
Chris Bennett
--
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-- Robert Heinlein
