umski composed on 2015-05-20 03:00 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata wrote:
Why are these K5 NM packages unlikely ever to be of use hard dependencies?
That's a bit of an overstatement ;-)
Was meant ever to be of use on any given installation, not anywhere ever. :-)
AFAIK, NM is *always* installed, at least with DVD
Almost never happens here. We have Wicked for network management now. :-p
and LiveCD installs, and is
Never happens here...
default on laptop installations.
No laptops here either. Few have screens big enough to be of any use here. What usually happens here is minimal X installation, followed by blocking recommends and suggests, then installing only what the systems need to do the jobs they need to do, lean, without fluff or bling.
The libKF5NetworkManagerQt library is used by the geolocation service in plasma, hence it cannot be avoided.
Surely I'm not the only one who objects to the very existence of geolocation, or allowing it to function, much less it being required in order for more basic desktop functionality?
Well, it could be splitted but that's IMHO an overkill,
Probably not to significant numbers of desktop system users.
and i personally won't do such split (and probably wouldn't accept it).
So the bundling of something big that includes a tiny piece used by non-laptops is caused by upstream? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org