[kde-freebsd] Re: HEADS UP: Big change to x11/kde3 (Read carefully!)

[Michael Nottebrock]

On Tuesday 03 June 2003 01:13, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 08:24:02PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > The latest update to x11/kde3 (the metaport for KDE) makes this port pull
> > in ALL modules of KDE by default. This means, if you have x11/kde3

> What is the motivation behind this?  I'm thinking in particular of
> package users, who will now have no way to get a minimal kde install
> without adding each individual package by hand.

Package users who want a minimal KDE can simply do pkg_add -r kdebase and are 
all set. 

The motivation is to provide 'newbie' users (which is the target audience for 
any metaport anyway) with a simple way to really get the complete KDE. The 
old metaport wasn't even 50% of KDE anymore.

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