latest kudzu changes

John (J5) Palmieri johnp at redhat.com
Tue Aug 17 02:59:25 UTC 2004


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. 

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J5





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