Hi, Am Samstag, den 22.12.2012, 12:51 -0600 schrieb Peter Samuelson: > According to the package description, you only need the -dev package if > you actually plan to configure the window manager instead of using its > defaults. Which presumably most people do, so I guess the Recommends > makes sense. Excpet for the part where this requires one or more -dev > packages at all. It looks as though configuring xmonad involves > _recompiling_ it. What is this, an old school Unix kernel? I'm > confused. this is getting off topic, but let me lessen your confusion: The popularity of xmonad lies in the fact that to configure it, you have the full power of a high level programming language available. The defaults are quite minimalistic, so most people will do that and willneed the -dev packages. However, they have no interest in the -prof packages altogether; this policy decision is what I want to make easier for the user to express and enforce. Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nomeata@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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