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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] change kde-meta to include developer profiles
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:28:36
Message-Id: 4B8DD73F.5060304@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-desktop] change kde-meta to include developer profiles by Theo Chatzimichos
1 chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties:
2 > In February's KDE meeting I raised the issue that kde-meta (and accordingly
3 > @kde-* sets) don't include all KDE modules [1]. kde-meta excludes developer
4 > modules (well, at least it should, for some reason it includes kdewebdev).
5 > Most KDE team members didn't want to me touch kde-meta any further, as
6 > developer modules shouldn't be there because kde-meta is for general user
7 > consumption, I propose the following:
8 > remove kdewebdev from kde-meta
9 > add developer or sdk flag in kde-meta, which will include kdebindings, kdesdk
10 > and kdewebdev modules.
11 > Another option is to have another meta package (something like kdefull-meta),
12 > which I hated.
13 > Your feedback is welcome.
14 >
15
16 I use kde-meta and admit I wouldn't want the developer stuff installed
17 since I am not a dev. Maybe have a kdedev-meta. Then a developer could
18 install both kde-meta and kdedev-meta, or just kdedev-meta, to get the
19 developer stuff.
20
21 Basically, if I am a developer I would emerge kdedev-meta to get the
22 whole shabang. Maybe set kdedev-meta to pull in kde-meta as well. I
23 would think that with dev in the name, most people would know that is
24 not a user area as well. kdefull-meta could mislead someone.
25
26 Just a thought.
27
28 Dale
29
30 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-desktop] change kde-meta to include developer profiles Mariusz Pekala <skoot@××.pl>