Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:12:07 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: marcus@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/137368: x11-toolkits/libwnck: add menu option to configure dependence on x11/startup-notification Message-ID: <e71790db0908090912s1bd9f99tfcf37c2508127165@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200908082107.n78L74WM059115@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200908082107.n78L74WM059115@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:07 PM, <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: > Synopsis: x11-toolkits/libwnck: add menu option to configure dependence on x11/startup-notification > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > State-Changed-By: marcus > State-Changed-When: Sat Aug 8 21:05:58 UTC 2009 > State-Changed-Why: > What is the purpose for making this optional? startup-notification is not > that heavy, and is already required for other GNOME components. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=137368 Startup notification is optional even for other ports that can use it. I'm attempting to make it possible to build a light desktop environment, based on Xfce. Removing the dependence on startup notification reduces the number of dependencies, mainly Python. -- My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken.
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