Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:19:32 -0500 From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding fam to gnomevfs2 Message-ID: <F62K38o2omjpD3zCPar000014ea@hotmail.com>
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>On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:59, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > > >Does anyone object to me adding devel/fam as a dependency to gnomevfs2? > > >GNOME 2 really wants this to detect file changes, and we've >historically > > >never enforced it. It's an optional dependency of gnomevfs2, but you > > >can disable it. Therefore, users that have FAM installed, will > > >automatically get it as a dependency now. > > > > Isn't fam something like automatic refresh? It helps with nautilus2 to >do > > the automatic refresh when you change anything and nautilus2 will >recoginze > > it change by itself when it's using with fam. Do I get the right idea? > >Yep, that's one of the features. The other is detecting configuration >file changes. > > > > > Well, what's avantage and disavantage for fam? > >The only disadvantage I can see is it adds another dependency. It's >also another dependency that gnome@ does not control. Good point.. :-) Add another dependency isn't a problem for me, I normal only use around 4gigs space and my 10.2gigs HD never have gotten full. Well, right now it's over 4gigs, because of doing the test stuff lately. Cheers, Mezz _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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