HEADS UP: GNOME 2.26 available for FreeBSD

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:15:59 -0500, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck at rinet.ru>  
wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>
> JM> > JMC> > JMC> > Another question: is there a way to avoid apache22  
> install
> JM> > (i have apache13
> JM> > JMC> > JMC> > installed and have no current plans to upgrade) ? I  
> tried to
> JM> > chase
> JM> > JMC> > JMC> > options but failed.
> JM> > JMC> > JMC>
> JM> > JMC> > JMC> Not by using the meta-port.  This is required for
> JM> > gnome-user-share which
> JM> > JMC> > JMC> is now part of the GNOME Desktop.
> JM> > JMC> >
> JM> > JMC> > Hmm, so currently there is no way to install gnome2 without
> JM> > requiring apache22?
> JM> > JMC>
> JM> > JMC> Correct.  You could, of course, go through the meta-port, and  
> remove
> JM> > JMC> gnome-user-share on your own (i.e. build your own customized
> JM> > meta-port).
> JM> >
> JM> > Well, would you object to the following quick fix?
> JM>
> JM> Wel.. I object. marcus also said that you only can do in your own  
> system, so
> JM> it means we don't want to add any option in x11/gnome2. We always  
> turn down
> JM> that kind of patch unless no choice for limit size to build packages  
> in CD
> JM> for the release.
>
> I hope I understand your intentions, but this is not the first options  
> for the
> metaport, heh? ;-)
>
> My main concern is that many my colleagues work on desktop systems which  
> they
> are using as sorta "personal websevers" too, not too resource hungry,  
> hence
> apache 1.3.  From the last upgrade the only way to achieve it on a single
> machine is to split Gnome and apache to separate jails...

I didn't exactly read previous thread, but you do have a good point.

I am surpised about that gnome-user-share doesn't use gvfs. Isn't gvfs  
supposed to be already support WebDAV (gvfs-dav)?

Cheers,
Mezz


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