I think the goal is to do better than this - to have an explicit dependency on the server for the many packages that need it. So there is (for example) x11 provided by x-base, and there is x11-server provided by x-rootless.
If people package things that may or may not need a server they can make different versions - but I think most people running X-based packages will do so locally and want both the base and server. For beginners it is clearer if everything happens automatically, rather than getting a message they don't understand and thinking there is something wrong with the system. This shouldn't stop people who want to be able to factor out the server from doing so. Chaals On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Bruce Korb wrote: >Jeff Whitaker wrote: > >> Why force people to install xfree86-rootless if they >> don't really need to? > >Because is solves real, multi-hour problems. The cost is very >marginal: systems that need x-base and not x servers and their >price is only a few minutes of install time. The disk space is >only worth mentioning that it is sub-marginal. > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_______________________________________________ >Fink-devel mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe fax(france): +33 4 92 38 78 22 Post: 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia or W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
