Re: Bug#53759: revision of the "to build with X support or not" policy

2000-01-03 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 3 Jan 2000, Andreas Voegele wrote: > I'm using vim very often after becoming super-user with su. If vim was > linked against X, I would always get an error message on startup > because root isn't authorized to connect to the X server. I put export X_AUTHORITY=/home/jgg/.Xauthority in my .x

Bug#53759: revision of the "to build with X support or not" policy

2000-01-03 Thread Andreas Voegele
> Several packages already flagrantly violate policy by shipping > versions with and without X support; vim is one, gom is another. I'm using vim very often after becoming super-user with su. If vim was linked against X, I would always get an error message on startup because root isn't au

Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional

2000-01-03 Thread Steve Greenland
On 02-Jan-00, 20:07 (CST), Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I totally -agree- with the rights of a person to say "I don't want it, > and I don't want to think about it. It's big, and how dare you force me > to consider it! 1. Minor nit: I'm not happy with the word "rights" in this context,

Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional

2000-01-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 09:55:58AM -0800, Robert Woodcock wrote: > > First, how do the various tasks packages affect this? Do they include > > all of standard plus some other stuff, or would, eg, a `router' task > > completely obviate the "But I don't want it on my router" complaints? > They don't.

Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional

2000-01-03 Thread Jim Lynch
Hi... > Date:Sun, 02 Jan 2000 16:22:03 CST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From:Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional [...] > > > All I can see here is a closed-minded `I don't want LaTeX or Emacs, and > > > I don't even want