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On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:49:53 -0500 "Walter Dnes" |
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<waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Tried to do an update today. Gnumeric has a new dependancy, namely |
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> goffice. Trying to build goffice fails with the following message... |
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[snip] |
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> SVG is an OpenSource replacement for Schlockwave-Trash, to be used |
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> for creating singing/dancing webpages. |
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SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics, a (XML based) vector image format that |
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*can* be used for animations. It is now used, e.g., for scalable icons |
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in GNOME and KDE. |
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> Unicode is great if you're building a desktop for use in the |
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> library room of the United Nations. There is no real need for it on |
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> a single-language desktop machine. |
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Everything gets converted to unicode these days. Get used to it. Nobody |
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will write an application using only ASCII for English-speaking |
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population and Unicode for everybody else. It's just ain't going to |
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happen. It would be a major pain in the ass to code such a beast. |
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> Can someone explain the so-called "logic" behind these mandatory |
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> dependancies *IN A SPREADSHEET*? |
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Gnumeric uses GTK+ 2.x which internally uses unicode to handles strings. |
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Thus, it needs libpcre to be built with unicode support. If you don't |
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like it, don't use GTK+ 2.x apps. |
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> Is there a way to to modify the ebuild to remove the dependancies |
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> without blowing up the compile? |
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No. |
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> One reason that linux has finally started to come into its own is |
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> that it can fit onto under-specced machines like the OLPC and Asus |
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> EEE, on which XP has trouble fitting, and Vista is "totally |
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> fuggedaboutit". That advantage risks being ruined if we follow the |
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> "Windows Disease" and insist on unnecessarily bloating basic apps. |
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There is nothing basic about a spreadsheet program. It is a very |
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advanced piece of software. From a developer's perspective unicode is an |
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obvious requirement, if he tries to write a program for many different |
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locales without too much hassle. |
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Cheers, |
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Renat |
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-- |
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Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, |
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durch die sie entstanden sind. |
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(Einstein) |
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