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Date:      Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:08:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jason Slagle <raistlin@tacorp.net>
To:        Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org>
Cc:        kde@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [kde-freebsd] Re: HEADS UP: Big change to x11/kde3 (Read carefully!)
Message-ID:  <20030604010644.V72898@mail.tacorp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030602201400.C5799@volatile.chemikals.org>
References:  <20030602231303.GA28072@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030602235744.GD81874@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030602201400.C5799@volatile.chemikals.org>

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On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Wesley Morgan wrote:

> I lost knowing that by installing x11/kde3 I was stuck with only ONE port
> I did not want. Now I have to deal with remembering ALL the ports (I
> always forget artsd, it doesnt associate itself with KDE very well) or
> deal with at least 6 ports I don't want. I don't use 'portupgrade' for
> everything. Believe it or not, the ports system is still designed to work
> with 'make', and asking me to forsake that for portupgrade is irritating.

Perhaps, but you aren't the average user.  By following this mailing list
you take yourself out of that group.  The average joe blow user doesn't.

The average joe blow user most likely assume kde includes what kde.org
says it does, not a subset of that.

Jason

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