Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:04:03 +0200 From: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Subject: Re: complaint Message-ID: <200503152304.05248.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050315145741.H84655@april.chuckr.org> References: <20050315145741.H84655@april.chuckr.org>
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On Tuesday 15 March 2005 22:05, Chuck Robey wrote: > I have not complained aobout this for some years now, although it's really > and truly been a thorn in my side ... but I thought, well, I am probably > OK to complain once per decade. Here is my bitch: > > Refers to ports that include the kitchen sink, and DON'T do it as options. > The one that caused me to really bitch this time is gnome, and it's the > printing option, but it's the same with KDE: they both FORCE you to > install CUPS, which I abhor, and have the most horrible time with. x11/kdelibs3-nocups is a drop-in replacement for x11/kdelibs3. next problem? A. -- Andy Fawcett | andy@athame.co.uk | tap@kde.org "In an open world without walls and fences, | tap@lspace.org we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | tap@fruitsalad.org
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