Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:50:22 -0400 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu> Cc: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2-RC2 Install Feedback Message-ID: <a333b2be0904301150w33ae81f4p46f350f6b4857292@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1241110520.72951.11.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <E1LzWjP-0003pD-HO@jdl.com> <1241110520.72951.11.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu>wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 08:55 -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > > This basic issue (package conflicts) has been becoming more and more of > a problem. It's not likely we can do anything about it this time around > but we'll think a bit more about what to include on the media going > forwards. I also found Gnome2 and KDE4 are mutually exclusive due to > package conflicts, you need to select one or the other. > > > -- > Ken Smith > - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu > there, funny things are everywhere. | > - Theodore Geisel | (1) I am using always Gnome in FreeBSD ( because KDE in 7.0 was opening forms of executables just like X , and for multiple docked forms this was very annoying) . During installations , I am selecting both Gnome and KDE because some packages are inserted only into KDE menus . If the KDE is not selected , those packages are not available in Gnome menus , and they should be inserted into Gnome menus one by one ( for me , this is a difficult task , because it requires to find proper executable to insert it into menu ) . Within package installation logic , checking not only KDE or Gnome presence but both will eliminate requirement of KDE for Gnome because package executable names will appear also in Gnome menus . (2) In /etc/rc.conf , it is possible to specify gnome_enable , but for KDE , there is no such possibility ( with respect to my present knowledge , but I checked Handbook just now , there is no such a definition ) . Making available KDE_enable in /etc/rc.conf would be useful , also . The users easily may select any of them . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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