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From: "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:32:34
Message-Id: 20130120021247.GB6028@gengoff.grandmasfridge.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd by James Cloos
1 On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 07:40:56PM -0500, James Cloos wrote:
2 > > This question only matters if you expect there to be non-desktops where
3 > > there are packages installed that IUSE dri.
4 >
5 > I'd note that there is no correlation between the use of the "desktop"
6 > profiles and the use of an X11 or wayland server on any given box.
7 >
8 > The (gui) world is much more than gnome+kde.
9 >
10 > -JimC
11
12 That's why there's a base desktop profile and desktop/{gnome,kde}
13 profiles.
14
15 Moving `dri' to the base desktop profile is sensible in that we
16 recommend any user who will be running a GUI use the desktop
17 profile. Those who aim for a minimalist profile will enable the flag
18 themselves.
19
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21 Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
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Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>