> Any way to share a meaningful list of gnome-related pkgs to > unmask/keyword? Just for starting off here ....
That's my list of GNOME related packages. Probably some of them are not necessary to unmask anymore, and probably I missed some :) gnome-extra/nm-applet net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc net-misc/networkmanager-pptp net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn net-misc/networkmanager gnome-extra/nm-applet net-misc/openvpn sys-auth/policykit gnome-extra/policykit-gnome sys-auth/pambase sys-auth/consolekit sys-apps/hal app-cdr/brasero dev-libs/libburn media-sound/rhythmbox gnome-extra/nautilus-sendto app-misc/tracker dev-libs/liboil mail-client/evolution gnome-extra/evolution-data-server gnome-extra/evolution-webcal gnome-extra/gtkhtml net-libs/libsoup:2.4 dev-libs/glib net-wireless/bluez-gnome net-wireless/bluez-utils net-wireless/bluez-libs app-mobilephone/obex-data-server gnome-extra/gnome-vfs-obexftp net-wireless/bluez-hcidump app-pda/gnome-pilot app-pda/gnome-pilot-conduits dev-dotnet/gnome-sharp dev-dotnet/gtk-sharp dev-dotnet/gtk-sharp-gapi dev-dotnet/glade-sharp dev-dotnet/atk-sharp dev-dotnet/gdk-sharp dev-dotnet/pango-sharp dev-dotnet/glib-sharp dev-dotnet/gnome-panel-sharp dev-dotnet/gnome-desktop-sharp dev-dotnet/gconf-sharp dev-dotnet/dbus-sharp dev-dotnet/art-sharp dev-dotnet/gnomevfs-sharp dev-libs/gmime dev-dotnet/dbus-glib-sharp gnome-base/gnome-applets gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon gnome-base/gnome-desktop gnome-base/libgnomekbd dev-libs/libgweather gnome-extra/fast-user-switch-applet gnome-base/gconf gnome-extra/gconf-editor x11-libs/libwnck gnome-base/gnome-panel gnome-base/gvfs gnome-base/gnome-session gnome-base/gnome-keyring app-editors/gedit x11-libs/gtksourceview dev-python/pygtksourceview dev-python/pygtk gnome-base/libgnomeui gnome-base/gnome-vfs dev-python/gnome-vfs-python dev-python/pygobject gnome-extra/deskbar-applet gnome-base/orbit gnome-extra/gucharmap gnome-extra/gnome-utils app-admin/pessulus net-analyzer/gnome-netstatus gnome-base/libgnomeprintui gnome-base/libgnomeprint gnome-extra/nautilus-cd-burner gnome-base/nautilus gnome-base/eel net-misc/vinagre net-libs/gtk-vnc gnome-base/gnome-menus gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor media-video/totem dev-libs/totem-pl-parser dev-python/totem-python dev-python/gdata gnome-base/gdm x11-themes/gnome-themes media-sound/sound-juicer gnome-extra/bug-buddy media-gfx/eog app-arch/file-roller net-analyzer/gnome-nettool app-crypt/seahorse x11-terms/gnome-terminal x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme gnome-extra/swfdec-gnome media-libs/swfdec gnome-extra/zenity gnome-extra/yelp app-text/rarian gnome-base/gnome-control-center x11-wm/metacity gnome-extra/gnome-games gnome-base/libgnome x11-libs/pango net-misc/vino net-voip/ekiga gnome-extra/gnome-power-manager www-client/epiphany dev-python/gnome-python dev-python/gnome-python-desktop dev-python/gnome-python-base dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-base dev-python/librsvg-python dev-python/gnome-applets-python dev-python/libbonobo-python dev-python/libgnomecanvas-python dev-python/gnome-media-python dev-python/gconf-python dev-python/libwnck-python dev-python/evolution-python dev-python/gtksourceview-python dev-python/libgnomeprint-python dev-python/metacity-python dev-python/gnome-desktop-python dev-python/gnome-keyring-python dev-python/gnome-keyring-python dev-python/nautilus-cd-burner-python dev-python/libgtop-python dev-python/bug-buddy-python dev-python/libgnome-python gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs gnome-base/libgtop gnome-base/gnome-volume-manager gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver gnome-base/libbonobo gnome-base/librsvg app-misc/tomboy dev-dotnet/dbus-sharp dev-dotnet/mono-addins dev-lang/mono dev-dotnet/libgdiplus dev-dotnet/dbus-glib-sharp x11-misc/alacarte dev-libs/atk x11-misc/xdg-utils gnome-base/libbonoboui gnome-extra/gnome-media app-text/evince app-text/libspectre gnome-extra/gcalctool app-admin/sabayon x11-themes/gtk-engines x11-themes/gnome-backgrounds x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/pixman x11-misc/icon-naming-utils x11-libs/gtk+ gnome-base/gail x11-libs/vte GNOME likes gstreamer, and if you think (like me) A/V stuff should be up2date, then here is my list for that: (Personally I prefer mplayer/ffmpeg and the like over gst, but as it gets installed anyway, then it should be modern :) dev-python/gst-python media-libs/gst-plugins-bad media-libs/gst-plugins-base media-libs/gst-plugins-good media-libs/gst-plugins-ugly media-libs/gstreamer media-plugins/gst-plugins-a52dec media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa media-plugins/gst-plugins-cdparanoia media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvb media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvdread media-plugins/gst-plugins-faad media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac media-plugins/gst-plugins-fluendo-mpegdemux media-plugins/gst-plugins-gconf media-plugins/gst-plugins-gio media-plugins/gst-plugins-gnomevfs media-plugins/gst-plugins-lame media-plugins/gst-plugins-mad media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta media-plugins/gst-plugins-mpeg2dec media-plugins/gst-plugins-ogg media-plugins/gst-plugins-pango media-plugins/gst-plugins-theora media-plugins/gst-plugins-vorbis media-plugins/gst-plugins-x media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo media-plugins/gst-plugins-v4l2 It's to much work to look through my USE flags, so I'm posting all I have: USE="-32bit -3dnow -3dnowext -arts -doc -dso -esd -examples -fortran -gstreamer -qt3support a52 aac aalib acpi alsa apache2 applet archive autoipd avahi bash-completion bluetooth branding brasero cairo caps cdaudio cdda cddax cddb cdio cdr cdrkit cleartype config-file consolekit css connection-sharing cups curl custom-optimization daap dbus device-mapper dga dhclient dhcp divx dns dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi eds enca encode exif expat faac faad fam fame fat fbcon fbcondecor fbsplash ffmpeg flac fontconfig fuse galago gcj gconf gd gedit gif gimp git glibc-omitfp glitz gmedia gnome gnome-keyring gnutls gs gtk gzip h323 hal hddtemp http-forms http-server icu id3tag ieee1394 imagemagick imlib inotify jabber java jpeg kdeenablefinal kernel-patch kpathsea laptop lcms ldap libass libcaca libnotify lm_sensors lzma lzo mad maps matroska mdnsresponder-compat milter mjpeg mmap mmx mmxext mng mp3 mplayer mpeg musicbrainz nautilus network networkmanager nntp nsplugin nss ntfs ntp nuv offensive ogg opengl pch pda pdf pipechan plotutils png postscript ppds pth pulseaudio qos quicktime quotas ramfs realmedia reiserfs remote rtsp samba sasl scanner sdl shout sip smp spell sqlite sse sse2 sse3 sse4.1 ssse3 startup-notification stream subversion svg taglib tagwriting theora threads tiff truetype udev upnp usb v4l2 vcd vcdinfo vcdx vorbis wav wmf wmp wps X x264 xattr xfs xinerama xml xmlrpc xmp xulrunner xv xvid xvmc"