[CLUE-Tech] Debian dependencies

[Jed S. Baer]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:51:46 -0500
Angelo Bertolli wrote:

> Can someone tell me why, on Debian, I cannot remove things like abiword 
> without removing gnome?  Why does gnome depend on abiword?  I think the 
> same goes for gnumeric.  Is there a legitimate reason why I can't have 
> the gnome desktop without having a spreadsheet or word processor?

What!? You mean you think that you should be able to configure your system
the way you want it? Get a grip, Angelo. The Gnome teams knows best. Bloat
is the future, and the future is now. I bet you haven't tried removing the
infrared remote libraries either. Don't use 'em? Oh. Well, you have them
anyway.

BTW, I don't think KDE is much better.

But, this is what you wind up with when you use pre-compiled binaries.

One of my goals is to someday get to the point where I build my own
packages. Being on dialup, that ain't gonna happen anytime soon. But at
least it's possible.

jed

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