Mike Meyer wrote: > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:35:52 -0600 > Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Nicolas Williams wrote: >>> As for Shawn's point about headers, I'd rather just always install them, >>> rather than conditionally install them. Non-developers won't notice, >>> and minimizers can always filter out any headers. >> I disagree. There are multiple benefits that all help different groups >> of people: > [...] >> It's silly to install headers if you don't have any software that can >> use them. > > In general, it's silly to install software that you don't plan on > using. So does 2008.11 have the requested option to not install Gnome?
Alternate install clusters will be offered at a later date, let's not conflate issues here. > Note that trying to create a consistent development environment on > Linux systems that skip installing such optional bits as headers is a > major PITA. You never seem to get all the -dev/-devel packages you > need the first try, and some things will build anyway, not run the > tests because that "optional" part of the software wasn't built, and > install software that doesn't meet your requirements. ...which is why I've been hoping for something more intelligent. Some users are not going to want headers they will never use installed, other users are going to want everything (kitchen sink style), and some users will want an interesting mix (i.e. GNOME headers, but not libfoo headers). Cheers, -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
