Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:19:49 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 7.0 installation, and Xorg in particular Message-ID: <47511925.8080706@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <474F1E27.20906@gmx.net> References: <eeef1a4c0711281129l3ad2eb3fw41c599edc0611a2a@mail.gmail.com> <474EBC23.3000901@gmx.de> <eeef1a4c0711290947h454694b9k26b7d92feffd90eb@mail.gmail.com> <474F1E27.20906@gmx.net>
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Frank Staals wrote: > Freminlins wrote: > > <snip> >> Err, yeah. Look through hundreds of packages to see which dependencies >> they >> have. Helpful. Not. >> >> This way of doing X11 is seriously unhelpful to end users. If having >> individual packages for everything is so good, please tell me why >> everything >> in /bin, /usr/bin and so on is not an individual package. It's because >> the >> idea of doing so is dumb. >> >> Frem. >> > Allthough I think the modular approach to Xorg is a good thing, I have > to agree the xorg-meta port installs A LOT of ports. A xorg-lite port an > xorg-lite port would be usefull for a user who is planning on installing > a low-end X windows environment. I thought I read at the > freebsd-ports list such thing was being worked on some time ago. But I > haven't heard anything about it anymore for quite some time now. What > happened to that idea ? I suppose because it's not needed: # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make config-recursive will allow you to make all your choices.
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