Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:15:22 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> Cc: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: editors/vim installs to / Message-ID: <20101005181522.GD7829@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimc-oGWRbNs1OT%2BZ45JV8E9bj5yVXhdViPfamnf@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C93AA31.5080202@DataIX.net> <AANLkTik%2B1rvY4ZYgzHRjaX8PBfD1UqNCNeadHqg3KBfo@mail.gmail.com> <20100917205404.GA66620@atarininja.org> <AANLkTikUa0ikQLT%2BgxFXGZO3OyXomXzzBFb2Q65Dsoes@mail.gmail.com> <20100917232437.GC67059@atarininja.org> <AANLkTik9GhTDUkjfu5rqPf9d7JjNyUisNGGTMKU9F1uG@mail.gmail.com> <20101002060201.GA8287@dragon.NUXI.org> <AANLkTimc-oGWRbNs1OT%2BZ45JV8E9bj5yVXhdViPfamnf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 04:38:34AM -0700, Rob Farmer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 23:02, David O'Brien <obrien@nuxi.org> wrote: > > For gtk1, I have 13 packages that require it. For gtk2, I have 49 > > packages that require it. So I agree their are significantly more ports > > that depend on gtk2 -- and thus little way to avoid having it installed > > on one's system. > > > > Thoughts? > > In my experience, unless you choose one of the minimalist window > managers and are very selective about what you install, GTK 2 might as > well be part of X. Ok, I've gone ahead and changed the default GUI to gtk2. > I personally like Ade's suggestion, since it makes a gui opt-in for an > application that functions perfectly well without one. This may be a good approach to take -- but I didn't see a need to not change the default GUI for now. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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