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On Monday 27 September 2004 8:25 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> baselayout has a ton of other optional features, you going to require every |
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> single package to be installed on a user's system just because somewhere in |
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> the baselayout code that package is run ? no, that user will never use |
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> that package, so why should they have it installed ? |
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Precisely. There is nothing wrong with convenience and ease of use, but once |
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the convenience granted to only a portion of the users implies including |
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unnecessary packages for everyone else, it's crossed the line. It doesn't |
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take any effort to type an emerge command to merge the package if it's |
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needed; why force it on people who have no use for it? |
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Anthony Gorecki |
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Ectro-Linux Foundation |
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