Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:49:59 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, kevlo@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Add a dependency on xclock Message-ID: <201012231149.oBNBnxmI019761@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <x80540x1293069537x@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Kevin Lo wrote: > Sometimes I only installed the xorg metaport x11/xorg on my FreeBSD. > When I quit the X window, there's a message on the console: > > /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: xclock: not found > > I think it makes sense to add dependency on xclock, what do you think? There are dozens of different clocks in ports/x11-clocks. I don't think it makes sense to install one of them by default just because it's mentioned as an example in the xinitrc template. If someone really wants the "classic" xclock (I'm trying to avoid the word "ancient"), he can install it himself. This should be a conscious decision, not an automatism. In my opinion, the xorg meta port already installs many things that most people never need. Personally, I have stopped using the meta port and install only the parts that I need. This is a little more work in the beginning, but it saves time in the long run when keeping things up to date. On my workstation, it cut down the number of packages by about 200 (from 700 down to 500). Best regards Oliver PS: In fact I _did_ install the ancient xclock on purpose, because it's leight-weight and it's a very good fit with my window manager (olvwm). But I'm probably an exception (proof for that is the fact that nobody cared to make xview and olvwm 64bit-clean for amd64, so I still have to run i386 on my workstation). Sorry, I digress ... -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "And believe me, as a C++ programmer, I don't hesitate to question the decisions of language designers. After a decent amount of C++ exposure, Python's flaws seem ridiculously small." -- Ville Vainio
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