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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [FRC] News item: Changing USE flags for >=app-backup/bacula
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:26:18
Message-Id: 2aa8eb6e-e6c2-5e9c-4c47-b1923aa3efb0@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [FRC] News item: Changing USE flags for >=app-backup/bacula by Rich Freeman
1 On 08/15/2017 02:21 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > For example, could you say that a client-only install that still
3 > installs the X11 components is "minimal?"
4
5 Its somewhat context dependent, for an X application this doesn't
6 necessarily constitute additional dependencies for the system (think
7 desktop profile), whereby an application that is primarily used on
8 servers suddenly needing some graphics processing dragging it in is
9 likely wrong.
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11 That said, the use flag description isn't more detailed than "minimal -
12 Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts,
13 most drivers, non-critical features)", so I'd say it is appropriate
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