[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-10 Thread Duncan
Josh Saddler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:12:06 -0800: > We all know that ssh is good for sysadmins and netadmins and Gentoo > developers, etc. However, desktop users -- i.e., those not in those > categories, which is most everyone else, li

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-08 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't suppose you have a url for their reasoning? https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151758 -- Diego "Flameeyes" Pettenò http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/ -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-08 Thread Brian Harring
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 01:37:28PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten?? wrote: > "Santiago M. Mola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Having a complete > > deptree and having a small system package set should be independent > > goals, maybe your proposal should focus on making possible to have a > >

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-08 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
"Santiago M. Mola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Having a complete > deptree and having a small system package set should be independent > goals, maybe your proposal should focus on making possible to have a > deptree as complete as possible independently of what packages are on > system set. QA

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-08 Thread Santiago M. Mola
On Jan 8, 2008 12:34 PM, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So my goals are: > - have a deptree as complete as possible; Your goals make sense but reducing the system package set seems like workaround to get you indirectly where you want. Having a complete deptree and havin

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Reducing the size of the system package set

2008-01-08 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is your goal? Is there something you're trying to accomplish that's > impossible? It's clear that changing this would be a fair amount of > work, and I don't understand the benefits. With the current size of system packages set, having a comple