packaging of gui app: should it require X + wm ?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:23:34 +1000, David Timms wrote:

> Hi,
> Just trying some minimal installs of the dev tree, succesfully booting
> to text mode (ie no X nor wm). I did a yum install gkrellm. This
> installed lm-sensors, but didn't force or warn that an X implmentation
> or window manager should be installed.
> 
> Is this considered normal, ie shouldn't yum/the package either warn that
> it can install because no X (or wm) exists ?
> 
> I'm not specifically concerned about gkrellm, more about gui packages in
> general :)

How about running the X app on a remote display?