Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2112 mails)

["Amedee Van Gasse" <amedee@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, August 6, 2008 20:14, Larry Stotler wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:13 PM,  <jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > For instance, it's been insisting, by virtue of it's icon that I must
> > install some files or other having to do w/ the wacom tablets. I don't
> > have a wacom tablet connected and haven't done for ages and certainly
> > not on this computer.. yet there is is again checked ... w/ every
> > update it shows up. It's more than annoying it's needless software that
> > I don't  have a need for. Below is the only info available as to why I
> > must install this thing:
> >
> > "This update fixes problems with command 'xsetwacom list'."
> >
> > I'd like to have a way to cancel stuff  forever..
>
> That's because it is probably already installed because it was a
> dependency for something or other.  I've been frustrated by this for
> years having to install support for stuff I don't have like ISDN,
> bluetooth, palm utilities, etc.  Heck, SaX even has a dependency for
> the intel 915 chipset, which was never available on a mac.  When you
> get right down to it, it's not just openSUSE's devs.  It also has to
> do with the dependencies that the authors feel the need to impose.

This sounds very familiar.
http://www.paeps.cx/weblog/code/firefox3_and_the_userfriendly_glue.html
http://www.paeps.cx/weblog/Linux/gpm_considered_harmful.html


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