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RE: task-kde only marginally useful



Hi,

I have a question related to this topic.  What packages should I install
in order to have the full install of KDE if I don't want to use
task-kde. 

Thanks!
Francis


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Sass [mailto:bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 3:15 PM
> To: Ivan E. Moore II
> Cc: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: task-kde only marginally useful
> 
> 
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> <...>
> > The task packages are a poor hack to solve a problem.  They 
> don't work
> > properly and are a big waste of space.  the Packages file 
> is big enough as
> > it is then to add versions to every package that task-kde 
> depends on?
> 
> <shrug> I would not notice another K or two (hundred, even).
> 
> > > I realize this kind of behaviour would only be useful (visible) to
> > > unstable users... but isn't that where it is needed (so 
> one can track
> > > unstable-KDE without tracking all of unstable), and wouldn't that
> > > result in more potential beta testers for the packages 
> (by virtue of
> > > lowering the bar to tracking unstable-KDE).
> >
> > I understand your needs...however I'm not looking at 
> task-kde being a solution
> > for upgrades as it's just not going to work that way and 
> I'm not going to
> > spend the time needed and take the heet from other 
> developers just to take
> > care of this.  I'm focusing on release and getting 
> everything to a point where
> > a new users can do a apt-get install task-kde or use 
> tasksel and install a
> > stock system with kde.
> 
> Ok.  Thanks for your time, Ivan.
> 
> I guess I'll need to look at writing an "upgrade-task" prog that
> tries to install everything a task depends on (and recommends or
> suggests items if they are already installed).
> 
> 
> - Bruce
> 
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