There is customizepkg in AUR which can greatly simplify and help. I agree
that it is not practical to build everything(otherwise it will be a gentoo).
However,what i have seen is dependencies are like
A->B->C and C gets A added sometimes as dependency, in which case
recompiling B alone should h
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:40 PM, André Ramaciotti da Silva
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:54:10AM +0530, Raghavendra Prabhu wrote:
>> One thing I don't understand here is - why people crib that package B should
>> not have feature X. If you don't want that, ABS is for that. There are
>> plenty
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:54:10AM +0530, Raghavendra Prabhu wrote:
> One thing I don't understand here is - why people crib that package B should
> not have feature X. If you don't want that, ABS is for that. There are
> plenty of packages which have additional dependencies like that mplayer(like
One thing I don't understand here is - why people crib that package B should
not have feature X. If you don't want that, ABS is for that. There are
plenty of packages which have additional dependencies like that mplayer(like
smbclient) or vlc(hal :) or lua).
And secondly, if you have stuff like ha
2009/12/2 Ng Oon-Ee :
> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:06 -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
>> > Thomas Bächler wrote:
>> >> I consider such statements an insult
>> >
>> > Sorry Thomas,
>> > my response was retarded.
>> >
>> > can you help me find anoth
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:06 -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> > Thomas Bächler wrote:
> >> I consider such statements an insult
> >
> > Sorry Thomas,
> > my response was retarded.
> >
> > can you help me find another term i should use
> > to deno
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> Thomas Bächler wrote:
>> I consider such statements an insult
>
> Sorry Thomas,
> my response was retarded.
>
> can you help me find another term i should use
> to denote the desktop idea, that is not offensive?
In general, it is called the
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> "gnomies" "mouse users"
> etc is all the same level of offensiveness.
> I lack ideas here.
No, I think you just are furious because you can have things working
without losing 5 days of your life. Maybe you are just old and until
they make a
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:53:21 +0100
Arvid Picciani wrote:
>
> can you help me find another term i should use
> to denote the desktop idea, that is not offensive?
>
"integrationist" ?
Thomas Bächler wrote:
> I consider such statements an insult
Sorry Thomas,
my response was retarded.
can you help me find another term i should use
to denote the desktop idea, that is not offensive?
I'll propably need it for further discussion,
and prefer NOT to piss of people.
"gnomies" "mou
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 17:15 +0530, Piyush P Kurur wrote:
> But you can see your xorg-server-antidesktop into the official
> packages. Have a look at the wiki for AUR. It clearly says that
> packages start as being in AUR and then finally end up in the official
> repository after getting enough supp
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 12:03:36PM +0100, Arvid Picciani wrote:
>> and may be give it the status that if finally makes to
>> the official Arch repository ?
>
> I'm uncertain about how to handle this right now. It would require a
> mediator for me to contribute to arch as i am incapable of findin
Piyush P Kurur wrote:
Okey so you agree that Arch != Ubuntu. Now we have a way forward.
heh yeah, sorry, that comparison is rather childish. I regret i
responded to Thomas mail...
Arvid's reply to me made me search for antidesktop (I did not know
about such a movement)
i have no idea
Arvid Picciani schrieb:
like what? maybe you are feeling insecure about it?
Yes, I am so insecure. You are right, I am going to kill myself just now.
There is a saying in my native language that goes like:
"Dogs only bite if you hit their spot."
Old sayings like this are usually stupid.
T
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 11:28:37AM +0100, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> Piyush P Kurur wrote:
>
>
>> switch from Debian stable on my laptop. It is definitely far better
>> than the monstrosity of Ubuntu or Fedora. I dont know how you find it
>> otherwise.
>
> err yeah,.. i guess if you have other distros
I don't think arch general list is the appropriated to fight like kids
so please continue your little fight using your own personal email.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> Thomas Bächler wrote:
>>
>> Apologize for being an asshole.
>
> I have not intended to insult arch de
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Apologize for being an asshole.
I have not intended to insult arch developers,
and i apologize if i did,..
You can either apologize to me now or STFU
to everyone but you, just to anger you.
and get yourself another
distro
well i guess that settles any ultimatum pr
Piyush P Kurur wrote:
I use xmonad and share your dislike for hal/dbus. This
however does not justify not having a decent PnP particulary
it would ...
when you want to install it for non-experts.
.. if what i THOUGHT archlinux is about (experts) was true.
However you appear to agree tha
Arvid Picciani schrieb:
Thanks to enough input i have learned two things of this thread:
1) The problem IS upstream related. Some packages do enable
dbus when it is available, for the convenience of those users
who do not understand what dbus is and hence need it.
So every user who wants
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 10:55:22AM +0100, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> Thanks to enough input i have learned two things of this thread:
>
> 1) The problem IS upstream related. Some packages do enable
>dbus when it is available, for the convenience of those users
>who do not understand what dbus
On 02/12/09 09:55, Arvid Picciani wrote:
Thanks to enough input i have learned two things of this thread:
1) The problem IS upstream related. Some packages do enable
dbus when it is available, for the convenience of those users
who do not understand what dbus is and hence need it.
Arch
Thanks to enough input i have learned two things of this thread:
1) The problem IS upstream related. Some packages do enable
dbus when it is available, for the convenience of those users
who do not understand what dbus is and hence need it.
Archs philosophy dictates, that if the upstrea
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