Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:29:33 -0700 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Packages on 5.3-beta5 Message-ID: <200409241629.33647.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <20040924225348.GB9423@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <p06110412bd793d4e08bd@[128.113.24.47]> <p0611041dbd7a162eddeb@[128.113.24.47]> <20040924225348.GB9423@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On Friday 24 September 2004 03:53 pm, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 04:43:34PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > So it might be nicer to have cvsup-without-gui on the CD's, and not > > include the package for the full-blown cvsup, just to avoid the > > dependency on X. > > Well, if you make the assumption we'd have this fixed for the release > then it's only nicer if nobody actually likes or uses the GUI. I > have never felt qualified to judge that, Well, fwiw I used cvsup with the gui once, and that was the first time I used it (when I was a true newbie - have only used fbsd since this spring). I find it much easier and more flexible without it, and I'm one of those people who likes to have a gui email client. > lots of other interesting > things wind up having the same dependencies on X (meaning odds are > high you'll wind up needing the X stuff anyway), etc. I'm not > looking forward to yet another bikeshed about something like this. > > But... I'm inclined to leave it as-is. On the release it should > be fixed and newbie users might find the picture-drawing capabilities > fun/cool while more hardcore users know how to deal with getting what > they want (and it's been this way for a while so they've had lots > of practice). If there are strong opposing views ... My view isn't a strong opposing one, but again I never used cvsup with the gui except the first time, and it wasn't useful - this becomes more apparent when it's used in an automated process like a cron job, which I'd posit is more common than people using the gui. - jt
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