on KDE

[Derek Broughton]

Lee Braiden wrote:

> On Monday 19 September 2005 15:03, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> kubuntu-desktop is a metapackage that installs everything Ubuntu thinks
>> is
>> necessary for a KDE based desktop.  It's hard to see whether it's a
>> superset of "kde" because, for some reason, the kubuntu folks didn't see
>> fit to depend on the kde metapackages - its dependencies are all at a
>> very low level
> 
> That's probably a good indication that it's not a superset.

Probably, but it really does look complete.  They could have used _some_ of
the metapackages, for sure.
> 
>> imo, kubuntu-desktop is _definitely_ overkill.  I ended up removing all
>> of the asian TTF fonts
> 
> That's important, if you want m17n, as I think a modern desktop should
> have. Also, I think it's good to err on the side of caution regarding
> language support etc.

It's appropriate for Ubuntu to err on the side of caution - not for me on a
personal laptop (m17n???  Sheesh, I thought I was up on all this...). 

> But yes, it's a matter of personal preference what you 
> eventually decide to keep, and the ability to deselect kubuntu-desktop and
> leave the packages you *do* want is a good feature, I think.

Yes.  I'd have preferred them to make kubuntu-desktop depend on "kde" or the
major kde metapackages, but I'm sure there's a reason :-)
-- 
derek