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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Base profile changes should be announced/discussed on this list.
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:17:22
Message-Id: 20130801001705.GB27364@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Base profile changes should be announced/discussed on this list. by Michael Weber
1 On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:58:37PM +0200, Michael Weber wrote
2 > On 07/31/2013 11:53 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 > > Hold on a minute. There is a *MAJOR* difference between "gpm" the USE
4 > > flag, and sys-libs/gpm the mouse server.
5 > [...]
6 > > If there was a move afoot to remove sys-libs/gpm from the install ISO,
7 > > I would be part of the crowd up in arms about this.
8 >
9 > It does affect the presence of sys-libs/gpm in stage3 tarballs.
10 > It gets pulled into stage3 via sys-libs/ncurses[gpm] [1].
11 > Which will no longer be the case, since sys-libs/gpm is not in @system.
12
13 Arrrgh; I apologize for that fumble-fingers moment. I think I just
14 sent an unfinished message.
15
16 What I was going to say was that gpm appears to be active on the
17 minimal install ISO. That comes before the stage tarball. Or is the
18 proposal to remove gpm altogether from the install ISO? I would be
19 unhappy with that, to say the least.
20
21 --
22 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
23 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications