Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:00:14 GMT From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/137368: x11-toolkits/libwnck: add menu option to configure dependence on x11/startup-notification Message-ID: <200908091800.n79I0Emi091340@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/137368; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/137368: x11-toolkits/libwnck: add menu option to configure dependence on x11/startup-notification Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:56:15 -0400 --=-5khwLyXmQAXsy6mVke/T Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 13:12 -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > 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=3D137368 >=20 > 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. libgnomeui doesn't make this optional. I can understand removing the Python dependency, but startup-notification is quite light, and not updated very frequently. I just don't see how this adds much bulk. Joe >=20 --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-5khwLyXmQAXsy6mVke/T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkp/Db0ACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4dWKwCeJW3kOPRKuimtxXp9hRvRxgzO s1MAn3kMTH8qJaBVfLBuh3ZAZfBT6Q7V =I57o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5khwLyXmQAXsy6mVke/T--
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