On 13 Apr, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:40:03PM -0700, James Blanford wrote: >> They bloat the system, clog the harddrive, complicate >> package management, require continual maintenance, open security >> holes and worst of all, slow the boot process significantly. > > I think this is the sentence where I stopped paying attention, to be > honest. >
That's to be expected. My concerns are _user_ concerns not _developer_ concerns. But, really, laptop-detect??? My three year old knows the difference between a laptop and a desktop. I notice you have no response to the Debian policy I quoted. So we've established two things: You stop paying attention when user concerns come up. You aren't interested in Debian policy. >> I don't think they even meet the requirement of Recommends or >> Suggests as all these relationships are defined in terms of utility >> not convenience of configuration. But I won't quibble, if you'll >> please not make them Depends. > > You are seriously suggesting that they should be removed as they serve > no purpose, and no-one cares about configuration? No, if I had wanted to suggest that, I would have come out and said it. As it turns out, xserver-xorg and all the packages I listed are unnecessary. Close the bug. For all I care you can make it depend on a functioning webcam, so gamma can be adjusted for my interior lighting scheme. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
