kde in extras - the devel discussion

[Andy Green]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Fedora Core is self-hosting, i.e. it can be used to build itself. So if 
> KDE is in Extras and not in Core, it follows that no KDE apps can be in 
> Core, since they would require packages from Extras to build (and 
> probably to run as well). Unless the self-hosting policy is changed, 
> that precludes KDE apps from Core if KDE is moved to Extras.

I think QT and kdelibs are all you need to run KDE apps, so this might 
be OK if they (and -devel) are kept in core.

I appreciate KDE will be looked after in Extras, that Anaconda can make 
it transparent, but it does send a message...  the message is that KDE 
is Not Invented Here.

-Andy
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