Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:00:40 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Albert Kinderman <albert.kinderman@csun.edu> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why do I need gnome for py-gtk? Message-ID: <20020307144930.Y12335-200000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3C87AEC0.93DC222B@csun.edu>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-1538270095-1015531240=:12335 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Albert Kinderman wrote: > Maybe this should go to ports, but I thought I would ask here. > > I am a user, nothing more. I want a light weight system and am > using ROX-Filer and ROX-session for my windows management. In > order to compile a simple ROX applet, I needed py-gtk. py-gtk has > 50 dependencies, about 30 of which were not on my system. > > On my Debian system, the python-gtk package requires only python, > libc6, libgdk-pixbuf2, libglib1.2, libgtk1.2, python-gdk-imlib, > and X. Admittedly, some of these require other packages (jpeg, > tiff, etc), but not an installation of core gnome components. > > Is there any particular reason that py-gtk needs most of gnome to > install and run? One of the features of gnome that I don't like > is what I see as excessive dependencies. I don't see why py-gtk _needs_ GNOME. py-gnome would, but the following patch builds py-gtk fine for me. Since it can use GNOME, I recommend a WANT_GNOME approach. Maxim, what do you think? Joe > > In a sense, I don't really want an answer, but I think it is an > issue that developers should consider in developing ports. > > Al > > -- > Albert Kinderman California State University, Northridge > Department of Systems and Operations Management > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > --0-1538270095-1015531240=:12335 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="Makefile.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <20020307150040.H12335@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Makefile.patch" LS0tIE1ha2VmaWxlLm9yaWcJVGh1IE1hciAgNyAxNDo1MDo0MyAyMDAyDQor KysgTWFrZWZpbGUJVGh1IE1hciAgNyAxNDo1ODoyMSAyMDAyDQpAQCAtMjIs NyArMjIsOSBAQA0KIFdSS1NSQz0JCSR7V1JLRElSfS8ke0RJU1ROQU1FfS9w eWd0aw0KIA0KIFVTRV9HTUFLRT0JeWVzDQotVVNFX0dOT01FPQl5ZXMNCitV U0VfR1RLPQl5ZXMNCitVU0VfSU1MSUI9CXllcw0KK1dBTlRfR05PTUU9CXll cw0KIFVTRV9QWVRIT049CXllcw0KIEdOVV9DT05GSUdVUkU9CXllcw0KIENP TkZJR1VSRV9FTlY9CVBZVEhPTj0ke1BZVEhPTl9DTUR9DQpAQCAtMzAsNiAr MzIsMTIgQEANCiAJCS0tZGF0YWRpcj0ke1BSRUZJWH0vc2hhcmUNCiBDT05G SUdVUkVfVEFSR0VUPQktLXRhcmdldD0ke01BQ0hJTkVfQVJDSH0tdW5rbm93 bi1mcmVlYnNkJHtPU1JFTH0NCiANCisuaW5jbHVkZSA8YnNkLnBvcnQucHJl Lm1rPg0KKw0KKy5pZiBkZWZpbmVkKEhBVkVfR05PTUUpDQorVVNFX0dOT01F PQl5ZXMNCisuZW5kaWYNCisNCiBFR19TUkNfRElSPQkke1dSS1NSQ30vZXhh bXBsZXMNCiBFR19EU1RfRElSPQkke1BSRUZJWH0vc2hhcmUvZXhhbXBsZXMv cHktZ3RrDQogDQpAQCAtNTAsNCArNTgsNCBAQA0KIAkJJHtQS0dESVJ9L3Br Zy1wbGlzdCA+ICR7UExJU1R9DQogLmVuZGlmDQogDQotLmluY2x1ZGUgPGJz ZC5wb3J0Lm1rPg0KKy5pbmNsdWRlIDxic2QucG9ydC5wb3N0Lm1rPg0K --0-1538270095-1015531240=:12335-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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