Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:11:09 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnomemeeting port fails Message-ID: <1065312669.27243.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <oprwjjtqql8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <20031004200652.J700@pukruppa.net> <1065292202.27243.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1065295221.259.1.camel@localhost> <1065299097.27243.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <oprwjjtqql8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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--=-m1BR1p6WHDJ+O/KhLhXR Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 19:06, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:39:38 +0200 (CEST), Peter Ulrich Kruppa=20 > <root@pukruppa.de> wrote: >=20 > > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > >> > Joe, can you remove this? Very few people would use this for various > >> > reasons (no video hardware, slow modem, etc). I think gnome-fifth-to= e=20 > >> is > >> > more suitable for this. IMHO anyway. > >> > >> gnomemeeting is a part of the GNOME Desktop, and thus is part of the > >> meta-port. If you don't want it, build your own gnome2 meta-port that > >> includes the dependencies you would like to have. > > Perhaps one could invent some kind of installation menu with > > checkbuttons and short descriptions of the packages? >=20 > It's not going to happen on x11/gnome2 or x11/gnome2-fifth-toe. But as Jo= e=20 > said, you are welcome to create your own meta-port. >=20 > > Why do I have to build and install galeon, epiphany, balsa when I > > am happy with mozilla? Why gnumeric and abiword when I am > > using OpenOffice? >=20 > Err, why do you chose the x11/gnome2-fifth-toe in the first place anyway?= =20 > It's feature, if you want the gnome2-fifth-toe then you will have those=20 > apps. If you don't, then pick apps in the ports what you want to install=20 > instead or even better create your own meta-port. Exactly. The meta-ports aren't for everyone. They're for new users that just want to "fire and forget." In fact, I don't even install gnome2-fifth-toe. I just pick the ports I want, and go. If you had to have a meta-port, it's best to create your own using gnome2[-fifth-toe] as a model, stick it in ports/x11, and always build that one. Joe >=20 > As for epiphany, it's part of Gnome so you should take the deal with the=20 > Gnome devlopers/teams over at www.gnome.org.. >=20 > Mezz >=20 > > Uli. --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-m1BR1p6WHDJ+O/KhLhXR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/f2Gdb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgvKAJ9Yj5POl1VKCDID22ARt+8/el2kjwCeIdoB lit42KYDBxXbxrg8/kobeSc= =VILA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-m1BR1p6WHDJ+O/KhLhXR--
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