On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 22:37, Steve G wrote: > >I don't think ability to build SRPMs without X libs is a requirement for > >Fedora at all. > > It may not be a Red Hat requirement, but its one of my requirements. Do you have > any idea what a tangled web the GTK/X stuff is. You cannot let even one package > in because it quickly requires another 30, 40, or 50 packages. > > If it doesn't hurt Fedora's goals and I figure out the demarkation line between X > and dbus and do it with a simple variable (like openssh, groof, or vim), would > you take the patch? Sure as long as the defaults stay the same and the specs don't become hard to manage. i.e. "rpmbuild -ba dbus.spec" results in the same output as the current spec files and the way it handles conditions are clean and easy to work with. -- J5
