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Zhang Le <r0bertz@g.o> posted |
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20090608083147.GB16785@×××××××××××××××××××.hk, excerpted below, on Mon, |
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08 Jun 2009 16:31:48 +0800: |
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> If user strictly follow X Server Configuration Howto ( |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml ), he would install the |
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> whole xorg-x11 meta package, which is not necessary. |
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This one would be an outdated X Server Configuration Howto, then, as |
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Gentoo/X, last I read, does not expect or recommend that people install |
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the meta-package. |
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The context of that post was that the xorg-x11 meta-package includes bits |
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of software (specifically, certain fonts) that upstream considers |
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important, but that is not free software in keeping with Gentoo's Social |
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Contract. Thus, Gentoo cannot properly recommend the meta-package as a |
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"core" package, and Gentoo/X does not do so, recommending instead that |
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people only install xorg-server and additional individual packages and |
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dependencies as they need them. As freedom concerns me I made particular |
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note of this, tho unfortunately I don't have a reference handy, so direct |
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confirmation would likely be necessary. |
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Thus, any Gentoo documentation recommending the xorg-x11 meta-package for |
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other than the specific purpose of installing /everything/ upstream (as |
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opposed to Gentoo) recommends and considers important, is outdated and |
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needs updated. |
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I haven't looked to see if there's already one filed or not, but should I |
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file a bug, probably CCing the Gentoo/X folks for confirmation? That doc |
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appears to be in the docs project space, not X's, so it'd be docs' bug. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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