latest kudzu changes

Havoc Pennington hp at redhat.com
Tue Aug 17 13:09:03 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?
> 

I wouldn't for my packages, but fortunately John seems willing for dbus
;-) (And my only package is metacity, which sort of requires X anyhow
;-)

Havoc






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