From owner-freebsd-gnome Mon Feb 10 14:19:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F0037B401 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:19:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f62.sea2.hotmail.com [207.68.165.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24CE43FBF for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:19:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reigncracks@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:19:32 -0800 Received: from 68.103.37.247 by sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:19:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.103.37.247] From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding fam to gnomevfs2 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:19:32 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Feb 2003 22:19:32.0724 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C91AB40:01C2D152] Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:59, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > > >Does anyone object to me adding devel/fam as a dependency to gnomevfs2? > > >GNOME 2 really wants this to detect file changes, and we've >historically > > >never enforced it. It's an optional dependency of gnomevfs2, but you > > >can disable it. Therefore, users that have FAM installed, will > > >automatically get it as a dependency now. > > > > Isn't fam something like automatic refresh? It helps with nautilus2 to >do > > the automatic refresh when you change anything and nautilus2 will >recoginze > > it change by itself when it's using with fam. Do I get the right idea? > >Yep, that's one of the features. The other is detecting configuration >file changes. > > > > > Well, what's avantage and disavantage for fam? > >The only disadvantage I can see is it adds another dependency. It's >also another dependency that gnome@ does not control. Good point.. :-) Add another dependency isn't a problem for me, I normal only use around 4gigs space and my 10.2gigs HD never have gotten full. Well, right now it's over 4gigs, because of doing the test stuff lately. Cheers, Mezz _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message