Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-22 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am 19.02.2011 22:00, schrieb Fabian Greffrath: Argh, sorry! I meant to reassign this request to the X Task Force, i.e. xtf, but mixed up the letters... X Strike Force (xsf), gosh! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Freitag, den 18.02.2011, 19:34 +0100 schrieb Cyril Brulebois: > (X Font Server? No.) Argh, sorry! I meant to reassign this request to the X Task Force, i.e. xtf, but mixed up the letters... > If xorg is “too much”, then pick xserver-xorg and add packages… Alright, would this be feasable for t

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Freitag, den 18.02.2011, 19:54 +0100 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > Err, you mean installing xfs+fonts instead of mere fonts?! No, sorry. As already answered to Cyril, I was talking about the X Task Force (xtf) but ended up typing xfs. :/ - Fabian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-req

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Joey Hess
Julien Cristau wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 15:37:38 +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > > Currently the desktop task of tasksel installs the whole xorg package and > > thus > > pulls in a lot of utility packages. I think tasksel should only install the > > xserver-xorg package instead. I mean

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
Fabian Greffrath, le Fri 18 Feb 2011 19:27:00 +0100, a écrit : > Am Freitag, den 18.02.2011, 18:01 +0100 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > > You'll admit that the weight of twm, xcalc etc. is not very high. > > Sure, but I consider them obsolete on a system that has Gnome or Kde > installed. And please r

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Fabian Greffrath (18/02/2011): > Hm, maybe I should reassign this request to the xfs and ask them to > rearrange the packages again so that at least one of them provides > all the necessary parts that you described. (X Font Server? No.) I think xorg-server's changelog is pretty clear on what you

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Freitag, den 18.02.2011, 18:01 +0100 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > You'll admit that the weight of twm, xcalc etc. is not very high. Sure, but I consider them obsolete on a system that has Gnome or Kde installed. And please remember that the release notes had to get deleted from CD1 for some reaso

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 15:37:38 +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Currently the desktop task of tasksel installs the whole xorg package and thus > pulls in a lot of utility packages. I think tasksel should only install the > xserver-xorg package instead. I mean, do we really need twm and xcalc whe

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
Fabian Greffrath, le Fri 18 Feb 2011 15:37:38 +0100, a écrit : > Currently the desktop task of tasksel installs the whole xorg package and thus > pulls in a lot of utility packages. I think tasksel should only install the > xserver-xorg package instead. I mean, do we really need twm and xcalc when

Bug#613966: tasksel: desktop task should maybe install xserver-xorg instead of xorg

2011-02-18 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: tasksel Version: 2.89 Severity: wishlist Hi, the changelog of xorg-server (2:1.9.4-2) reveals the following: In a nutshell, one may want to choose between installing: - xserver-xorg-core: the server itself, with no strings attached. - xserver-xorg: pulls the server and drivers