On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:54:10AM +0530, Raghavendra Prabhu wrote: > One thing I don't understand here is - why people crib that package B should > not have feature X. If you don't want that, ABS is for that. There are > plenty of packages which have additional dependencies like that mplayer(like > smbclient) or vlc(hal :) or lua). > I don't think it is about not having a feature X. For example I think PnP is a worthwhile feature to have. But many do not like hal/dbus. Again the counter argument is that disabling hal/dbus is just an additional line in xorg.conf. Point well taken but if we can compile xorg-server package without hal/dbus enabled and then whomsoever wants to use hal/dbus make a small change in xorg.conf to facilitate it (I dont know whether this is possible) I would prefer such an xorg-server. Again it is purely my preference. Such an xorg-server, I think will be both ``minimalist'' and ``featurefull'' whatever those terms mean. > > Finally, true anti-desktop is using lynx or watching mplayer with ascii > renderer :) , all in virtual terminal(with directfb if required) > Yes many prefer lynx/w3m/elinks/edbrowse over other webbrowsers. But saying that anti-desktop means mplayer with ascii is just streatching it a bit too much. If you use screen + xterm + xmonad then you will, I hope, see the advantage of not using gnome/kde. Regards ppk
