On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 02:30:28PM -0500, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > In order for QT to qualify as a Debian system library it would have to > be a > > 'required' package, and it would drag in X. No way are we going to bloat > > the system like that. The 'system library' idea thus fails for purely > > technical reasons. > > X is required for a Desktop system. [...] > > That's simply not true. I've run machines quite happily on my desktop > without ever installing X.
For that matter I have been virtually unable to use X since I got the new monitor. Unable to see this monitor, too blurry in graphics mode. (not that I didn't use primarily text mode before) -- NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!