On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:50:51 -0600 lostson <lostson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday 04 November 2006 14:36, Norm wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 04:14:41 +1800 > > > > "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I just installed FC6 tonight. I chose KDE over Gnome. And I just > > > thought to check what exactly was on my system and if I could > > > clean it up a bit. During my poking around I realised that 71 > > > packages rely on gnome-keyring. > > > > > > The name, and the description in the RPM suggest that this a > > > password management tool. Removing this would take with it: libs, > > > openoffice, koffice, 4 system config tools, 2 out of 3 of my > > > browsers , to sound engines and 2 media players to name a few > > > things. > > > > > > There are a lot of deps that seem strange to me, I suppose in my > > > ignorance. > > > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this? > > > > > > Another example would be tat removign gnome-panel cascades into > > > having to remove kerry (KDE beagle front end) although beagle > > > seems to be sepeated into a daemon and a gui package , and > > > gnome-panel seems to be a gui component. > > > > > > So instead of filing a ton og BZs and making a fool of myself, > > > I'm asking questions here. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > I have virtually the same question except in reverse. I prefer Gnome > > yet I too have a number of dep from kde. It seems you can not have > > one with out the other. > > It depends on what apps you run, for instance if you are a gnome > user but = use=20 > amarok it will require some kde deps. Same with kde, many of the > fedora too= ls=20 > are gnome based so your gonna get gnome deps via that way. Its a > horse a=20 piece most of the time and besides you get the best of > both worlds!! =2D-=20 > LostSon > > http://www.lostsonsvault.org > > On Saturday 04 November 2006 14:36, Norm wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 04:14:41 +1800 > > > > "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I just installed FC6 tonight. I chose KDE over Gnome. And I just > > > thought to check what exactly was on my system and if I could > > > clean it up a bit. During my poking around I realised that 71 > > > packages rely on gnome-keyring. > > > > > > The name, and the description in the RPM suggest that this a > > > password management tool. Removing this would take with it: libs, > > > openoffice, koffice, 4 system config tools, 2 out of 3 of my > > > browsers , to sound engines and 2 media players to name a few > > > things. > > > > > > There are a lot of deps that seem strange to me, I suppose in my > > > ignorance. > > > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this? > > > > > > Another example would be tat removign gnome-panel cascades into > > > having to remove kerry (KDE beagle front end) although beagle > > > seems to be sepeated into a daemon and a gui package , and > > > gnome-panel seems to be a gui component. > > > > > > So instead of filing a ton og BZs and making a fool of myself, > > > I'm asking questions here. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > I have virtually the same question except in reverse. I prefer Gnome > > yet I too have a number of dep from kde. It seems you can not have > > one with out the other. > > It depends on what apps you run, for instance if you are a gnome > user but use amarok it will require some kde deps. Same with kde, > many of the fedora tools are gnome based so your gonna get gnome deps > via that way. Its a horse a piece most of the time and besides you > get the best of both worlds!! That was actually the point I was aiming at. There is no point in declaring oneself a which ever choice and getting into a snit if some of the other parts appear. My guess is there is enough of a crossover between them that it would take a considerable effort to not load a package that needed the other ones deps -life is too short to worry about that. I suppose I could declare my self a purist and only run applications from command line but then I had enough of that in the era before the 1990s, and besides I am lazy if a gui works I prefer to go that route.
