Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:16:39 +0100 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> Cc: Dominic Fandrey <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0 installation, and Xorg in particular Message-ID: <474F1E27.20906@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <eeef1a4c0711290947h454694b9k26b7d92feffd90eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <eeef1a4c0711281129l3ad2eb3fw41c599edc0611a2a@mail.gmail.com> <474EBC23.3000901@gmx.de> <eeef1a4c0711290947h454694b9k26b7d92feffd90eb@mail.gmail.com>
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Freminlins wrote: <snip> > Err, yeah. Look through hundreds of packages to see which dependencies they > have. Helpful. Not. > > This way of doing X11 is seriously unhelpful to end users. If having > individual packages for everything is so good, please tell me why everything > in /bin, /usr/bin and so on is not an individual package. It's because the > idea of doing so is dumb. > > Frem. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Allthough I think the modular approach to Xorg is a good thing, I have to agree the xorg-meta port installs A LOT of ports. A xorg-lite port an xorg-lite port would be usefull for a user who is planning on installing a low-end X windows environment. I thought I read at the freebsd-ports list such thing was being worked on some time ago. But I haven't heard anything about it anymore for quite some time now. What happened to that idea ? Regards, -- -Frank Staals
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