gnomemeeting port fails

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 19:06, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:39:38 +0200 (CEST), Peter Ulrich Kruppa 
> <root at pukruppa.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> >
> >> > Joe, can you remove this? Very few people would use this for various
> >> > reasons (no video hardware, slow modem, etc). I think gnome-fifth-toe 
> >> is
> >> > more suitable for this. IMHO anyway.
> >>
> >> gnomemeeting is a part of the GNOME Desktop, and thus is part of the
> >> meta-port.  If you don't want it, build your own gnome2 meta-port that
> >> includes the dependencies you would like to have.
> > Perhaps one could invent some kind of installation menu with
> > checkbuttons and short descriptions of the packages?
> 
> It's not going to happen on x11/gnome2 or x11/gnome2-fifth-toe. But as Joe 
> said, you are welcome to create your own meta-port.
> 
> > Why do I have to build and install galeon, epiphany, balsa when I
> > am happy with mozilla? Why gnumeric and abiword when I am
> > using OpenOffice?
> 
> Err, why do you chose the x11/gnome2-fifth-toe in the first place anyway? 
> It's feature, if you want the gnome2-fifth-toe then you will have those 
> apps. If you don't, then pick apps in the ports what you want to install 
> instead or even better create your own meta-port.

Exactly.  The meta-ports aren't for everyone.  They're for new users
that just want to "fire and forget."  In fact, I don't even install
gnome2-fifth-toe.  I just pick the ports I want, and go.  If you had to
have a meta-port, it's best to create your own using gnome2[-fifth-toe]
as a model, stick it in ports/x11, and always build that one.

Joe

> 
> As for epiphany, it's part of Gnome so you should take the deal with the 
> Gnome devlopers/teams over at www.gnome.org..
> 
> Mezz
> 
> > Uli.
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