Ok, after the problems I had yesterday with Akonadi and KMail, and reading some other postings about how so many programs are integrated into one humongous RPM, it got me to thinking. Why do we *need* to have one ginormous RPM for a bunch of different apps? Why can't we just have one RPM per app? Even if we have a few "base" RPMs that multiple programs require, at least then we can pick/choose which apps we want to install. For example, someone on the list was complaining about wanting to get rid of Dragon Player. There's no reason that we need to have one huge "kde- multimedia" package that includes everything, in my opinion. It is my considered opinion that we should be able to selectively install parts of major sub-systems as long as it does not break the entire sub- system. For example, the Dragon Player previously mentioned. I've never used it. I prefer XMMS for my multi-media player. Why should I be forced to install the KDE medi player just to be able to have other "multimedia" apps from KDE? I think we ought to think about how we package apps. Let's just have a "base" app that includes the required subsystems for everything to work, and then make other RPMs available for apps that "hook into" that sub- system. I really would like to hear why this is not possible as it seems like a lot of "junk" is forced upon us as we make these huge packages that contain everything. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
