-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:07:48 +0200, Kevin wrote: > >> Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> > A quick way to actually check for such dependencies is to switch to >> > another desktop environment, say Xfce, remove all the KDE packages and >> > install one of the KDE apps. It usually reveals dependencies which >> > are rather silly. I have seen kde-settings, background packages and >> > kdebase pull in odd dependencies on occasions. k3b, ktorrent, scribus >> > et all are often used outside KDE. >> >> It's not like those dependencies bite. ;-) HDD space is cheap. I don't find >> it scandalous that ktorrent drags in kdebase-workspace nor that kdebase- >> workspace drags in Akonadi (and thus MySQL, which is a hard requirement of >> Akonadi) > > The problem with kdebase-workspace (and kdm) is not disk space. > Installing the kdebase-workspace package enables KDE X sessions for users. > Oh dear, run for your lives. Last I used GDM, I didn't know where to change the session type (I was looking). I haven't used it in over a year since it's one of the first things to get replaced on my systems. Looking at a screenshot with solar[1] I see a restart, a shutdown, a power, and an accessibility button. Nothing about sessions. Certainly not visible at least. So I fail to see why this would be any issue at all. What am I missing? - --Ben [1]https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/9/94/Tours_Fedora10_018_L ogin_Screen.png -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqT7sMACgkQiPi+MRHG3qTSOQCeNSWl+dRfng5haLmm6LUvBxrf dsgAn1E1IIk29XPgZpFhA8ijm2Wdx6hE =O4yW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
