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Re: just a little Opie status...



On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:09:00AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 08:09:00PM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> 
> > I guess my question would be what do we currently "need".  Is there a
> > current need for both x11 & qt/e versions of opie on all archs?  
> > 
> > We can provide both x11 & qt/e versions of opie but that of course doubles
> > the amount of packages.  I know we all just love hearing that evil word
> > from the ftp guys "bloat".  :)
> 
> My view is that one of the most compelling reasons for basing this system on
> Debian is to take advantage of the wealth of software that is easily
> available and integrated.  In the case of GUI applications, these are almost
> exclusively X11 applications.

well...what we can do is this.  1st round of opie packages will be Qt/E 
based.  Once they are functional (from a Debian packaging/functionality
perspective) I'll put out a X11 based opie set.  

Ivan

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