Subject: Re: gnome, optional or mandatory in pkgsrc?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?C=E9sar_Catri=E1n?= C. <ccatrian@eml.cc>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/06/2004 17:21:05
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:57:45 -0700 (PDT)
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

> I see that mk/bsd.pkg.defaults.mk has related:
>=20
> WINDOWMAKER_OPTIONS=3Dgnome
>=20
> FLUXBOX_USE_GNOME=3DNO
>=20
> Maybe new mk/bsd.options.mk could be used. Or maybe some USE_GNOME could
> be defined and then make the many packages honor it.
>=20
> The other option is to have separate packages, such as wm/icewm-gnome,
> wm/wmx-gnome, chat/xchat-gnome, chat/gaim-gnome, chat/everybuddy-gnome,
> misc/celestia-gnome, news/pan-gnome, x11/xscreensaver-gnome. I think
> maintaining multiple packages seems like too much work if there is not a
> maintainer.
>=20
> By the way, this gnome idea could also be applied to qt3 and/or kde also.
> But I do see that gnome is more prevalent.

It seems to me that the most suitable option is to use bsd.options.mk to ha=
ve the freedom to choose between kde, gnome, another desktop or no desktop.=
 Which default? I don't know.

C=E9sar Catri=E1n C.