Mono required by ubuntu-desktop

[Patrick McFarland]

On Sunday 30 July 2006 00:46, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 12:10:35AM -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:
> > Yuck, why do we need Tomboy then? I'm completely against letting Mono
> > into Ubuntu.
>
> Without offering any rationale, I'm not sure what reaction you expect from
> such a sentiment.

Look, I'm just tired of Ubuntu being bloated up by yet another minimal 
functionality application that few people will use in a language that is only 
used by a small handful of applications.

I'm also against Python being in Ubuntu's default install for the same 
reasons, but I seem to have lost the war on that.

> > "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids,
> > we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
> > listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo,
> > Inc, 1989
>
> FYI, I think you'll find that this quote is both inaccurate and
> misattributed.

Which is why I continue to use it.

>  - mdz

-- 
Patrick McFarland || www.AdTerrasPerAspera.com
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids,
we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo,
Inc, 1989