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Brian Harring wrote: |
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>On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 11:28:17PM -0500, Chandler Carruth wrote: |
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>>It occurs to me that this could be (to an extent) accomplished by having |
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>>a few more "specialized" subprofiles for x86: base, desktop, gnome, and kde. |
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>>base - as the name implies, a _basic_ starting point... very similar to |
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>>server profiles, etc. veeery minimal. |
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>>desktop - almost identical to the current USE flags -- what Joe Q. User |
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>>"should" have to be safe, and have programs function as expected. |
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>>gnome / kde - slight specializations of the above to tailor the use |
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>>flags for one desktop environ or the other.. |
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>>Problems? |
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>>1) heavier usage and depth of the profile, making where things come in |
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>>more and more obscure. |
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>>2) could lead to proliferation of environment tailored "desktop" |
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>>derivatives. (xfce, fluxbox, the list could go on) This may not be a |
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>>problem as many distros have successfully divided between KDE and Gnome, |
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>>and the base / desktop profiles would allow users ways to customize, as |
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>>always. |
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>>3) there is _no_ functionality added by any of this, only |
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>>"user-friendliness" after a fashion, and as such, perhaps it should all |
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>>be chucked in favor of having users competently declare their own global |
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>>USE flags during the install, however I doubt that'll get very far. *shrug* |
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>4) need for the ability to inherit multiple parent profiles. |
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>Otherwise, x86 desktop profile is not guranteed in anyway to reflect |
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>sparc desktop profile (yes, somewhat the case now). |
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>A gnome desktop profile would make sense imo, but from a work |
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>standpoint is totally dependant on ability to inherit multiple |
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>parents. |
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>~harring |
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How close is that ability to portage? Is there interest/room for |
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help/work towards it? I would like to see a more sensible approach to |
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establishing default settings (USE flags not the only thing here). Would |
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help the confusion, and end some of the arts/no-arts, eds/no-eds madness. |
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Would also aid end users in beginning to customize their system rather |
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than simply using a default setup. |
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What about the other 3 problems I myself raised? |
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-Chandler Carruth |
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