Re: what happened to social contract?

[Brett Parker <iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk>]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:55:25AM -0400, icelinux@icelinux.net wrote:

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>  I trying to assist with providing a higher level of functionality to  
> many people who want or need to use an alternative window manager I  
> highly suggest someone actually install Debian and then install one of  
> these other window managers such as IceWM and take a look at what you  
> have to use for your daily needs. You are then required to install  
> another 10 - 30 packages or so manually, unless you are the type of  
> user who wants to do everything with Vi.

Huh? Err, I've used IceWM in the past in debian without having to try
hard at all (apt-get install icewm... wow... that was difficult!) and
I'm currently using ion3 (guess how I installed that... oh, yes, apt-get
install ion3)... Of course, synaptics can easily be run in any of the
window managers - the libraries for it will get pulled in on its
installation anyways. If people are switching window managers, then they
generally can still find applications.

Can you clarify which packages you're suggesting are vital for using
IceWM (as the example that you provide) that are not in the Recommends
or Suggests lists for IceWM?

Thanks,
-- 
Brett Parker