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Re: New dependences in gnome-core, might be better in gnome?



On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 05:34:27PM +0200, Jordi Mallach wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:13:06AM -0400, Charles Voelger wrote:
> > > Although these might be all useful packages, in my humble an personal
> > > opinion some of them exceed the purpose of gnome-core dependencies. 
> > I find the gnome-core / gnome issue to be very confusing from a users
> > perspective and of course have my own two cents to throw in.
> 
> The current rule is:
> 
> gnome-core: all modules included in the upstream GNOME Desktop release.
> gnome: random extra stuff, in general.
> 
> Both Christian and I dislike the new gnomemeeting dependency in
> particular, because it depends on lots of libraries and I'm sure the
> amount of Debian GNOME users that actually use Gnomemeeting or even own
> a webcam is a small percentage.

Hey you only need a microfon, not necessarily a webcam. And gnomemeeting
is great, saves a lot of phonebill money.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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