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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:42:17 +0200, Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> Hi there! |
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> |
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> Resulting from discussion during last Gentoo KDE team meeting taking |
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place |
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> 22 |
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> Oct 2009 at #gentoo-meetings (summary fill be available soon), having |
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> Gentoo |
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> GNOME team representative, it's been decided to go ahead with splitting |
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> desktop profile to DE-specific subprofiles, to avoid bloat and provide |
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> desktop |
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> specific separation which should result in desktop subprofiles being |
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> actually |
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> practical. |
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> It's been proposed to: |
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> |
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> - keep 'desktop' profile but strip it from any desktop specific features |
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> and |
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> settings, making it default recommended choice for anyone using non-KDE |
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> and |
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> non-GNOME desktop environment, yet avoiding USE flags bloat. Any other |
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DE |
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> is |
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> free to join and create own DE-specific subprofile if needed. |
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> |
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> - create 'KDE' (or 'kde') and 'GNOME' (or 'gnome') subprofiles within |
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> 'desktop' profile and move any desktop specific things there. This |
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should |
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> in |
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> theory allow us to not add 'recommended' IUSE defaults to desktop |
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specific |
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> packages, but keep those settings in profile - making profile |
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effectively |
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> 'out |
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> of the box' solution for those who need it. |
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> |
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> If you have any comments, suggestions, important notices regarding this |
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> change, please keep discussion in gentoo-desktop mailing list. |
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I fail to see how this is simpler and/or more versatile than simply using |
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USE="kde gnome", USE="-kde gnome", USE="-gnome kde" or USE="-gnome -kde". |
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What exactly are we going to gain by adding yet another level of complexity |
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where two simple USE flags suffice? I don't think it's even more elegant, |
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and in the worst case, it makes the things uselessly complicated when you |
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want to use both desktops. |
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We could also add an "image" subprofile, for those wanting USE="jpeg svg |
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png tiff" etc. Or an "fb" profile, for those only wanting USE="-X |
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directfb". It's a nonsense, I know. The desktop subprofiles are also a |
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nonsense to me :p |
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Just my opinion of course :) |
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-- |
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Jesús Guerrero |