Re: [gentoo-dev] About XFCE, renames, eclass, etc
Jeremy Olexa wrote: [. . .] Thanks for the message, Jeremy; it's informative and appreciated! - xfce-config.xml: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xfce-config.xml Josh (nightmorph) updated this, basically an after thought by us so thanks Josh! - xfce4-meta : former name xfce-base/xfce4. Renamed to reflect reality. This meta package is the *core* of XFCE, it *only* has in it what is required to run. Thus, returning XFCE to a minimalistic status in Gentoo Linux. This is desired because most XFCE users are looking for a lightweight WM, not a heavy DE. So, users will have to add a terminal, orage, thunar, etc to the world file instead of relying on a meta package. I made sure to mention this in the Xfce guide after finding all this out on my own . . . the hard way. :) Take a look at emerge -p --depclean output and go over the world file to see what's up on your system, using emerge --noreplace foo to add stuff back in. And be sure to re-read the Xfce guide if you're wondering which packages should prolly be kept. (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xfce-config.xml) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] About XFCE, renames, eclass, etc
On 03.09.2009 05:38, Jeremy Olexa wrote: - xfce4-meta : former name xfce-base/xfce4. Renamed to reflect reality. This meta package is the *core* of XFCE, it *only* has in it what is required to run. Thus, returning XFCE to a minimalistic status in Gentoo Linux. This is desired because most XFCE users are looking for a lightweight WM, not a heavy DE. So, users will have to add a terminal, orage, thunar, etc to the world file instead of relying on a meta package. Thanks a lot for the update and for the awesome work. One note for the future: An ewarn would have been nice for the above point. emerge --depclean output was a surprise (wanted to unmerge terminal etc) and surprise is bad. We don't want any surprises. Thanks again. -- Eray
Re: [gentoo-dev] About XFCE, renames, eclass, etc
Eray Aslan wrote: On 03.09.2009 05:38, Jeremy Olexa wrote: - xfce4-meta : former name xfce-base/xfce4. Renamed to reflect reality. This meta package is the *core* of XFCE, it *only* has in it what is required to run. Thus, returning XFCE to a minimalistic status in Gentoo Linux. This is desired because most XFCE users are looking for a lightweight WM, not a heavy DE. So, users will have to add a terminal, orage, thunar, etc to the world file instead of relying on a meta package. Thanks a lot for the update and for the awesome work. One note for the future: An ewarn would have been nice for the above point. emerge --depclean output was a surprise (wanted to unmerge terminal etc) and surprise is bad. We don't want any surprises. Thanks again. I just added this: * xfce4-meta will just provide a minimal set of packages. You may also * want to emerge x11-terms/terminal, app-editors/mousepad, * app-office/orage, etc or similar packages. * More info can be found at: * http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xfce-config.xml Hope that helps. -Jeremy
