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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:16:53 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> Niklas Bolander wrote: |
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snip... |
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> I have to agree. Do it sort of like KDE, with kde, kde-meta or as |
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> seperate packages. Have it so you can pull in all three in one emerge |
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> command but have the option to do it seperately as well. I have only |
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> emerged glx once and do the nvidia-kernel when I change kernels. I |
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> really don't have any use for the settings package, as long as my GUI |
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> works anyway. |
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> Just give us some options. We'll be happy then. |
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THAT is a very reasonable comment! |
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Thank you Dale and everyone else who commented. Please do not think this |
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was an attempt to shove anything down anyone's throat. It was not. That's |
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why this thread was started and that is why we wanted feedback. |
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Those who commented that settings and xconfig are optional _are_ correct. |
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They are in no way required and indeed many people would not use them even |
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if they could. Since they were so small, I wanted to see if unifying the |
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ebuilds would make sense. |
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Reasonable people can debate whether or not having glx installed each time |
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a kernel is updated is worth it. It is _NOT_ required, but glx compiles |
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nothing. They are libraries copied into a directory tree. So, there _is_ |
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overhead when glx is installed -- such as unpacking the tarball and going |
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through all the emerge preamble stuff. Having it wedded to kernel |
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driver can save time even if glx is not required at the time. |
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AND LET ME APOLOGIZE for the ebuild borking. A symlink directory |
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was changed inadvertently between 8174 and 8178. Something changed in |
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portage 2.0.53 which blew up the download section. I posted workarounds at |
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the bug report. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116085#c37 |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116085#c42 |
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Please continue to provide additional feedback to the bug report. |
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Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas. Trivia fact: first time since 1959 they |
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start on the same day. |
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