Christopher Stone (chris.stone@xxxxxxxxx) said: > So I guess we need a pidgin-NM or something so pidgin can be installed > without NetworkManager. I'm sure that there are hundreds of cases > like this in Fedora, and probably the #1 gripe among Fedora users > right now. Modifying every package to split out every optional > component is a lot of work, but should be done. I think an effort to > do this is key towards making Fedora a base distribution for all other > distributions. The idea that you should install all optional > components for every package you install is good on paper but not in > practice, especially for making spins and custom distros. Why? It's a 100k library dependency, and it doesn't actually *start* NM to have the dependency. At what point do you ask for pidgin-ssl? Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
