[CLUE-Tech] Debian dependencies

[Keith Christian]

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=========Keith


--- "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com> wrote:

> 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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