187424 – xfce4's dependancy on xfce4-session should be configurable

Bug 187424 - xfce4's dependancy on xfce4-session should be configurable

Summary: xfce4's dependancy on xfce4-session should be configurable

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-08-01 19:08 UTC by Lasse Kärkkäinen
Modified:	2007-08-01 19:13 UTC (History)
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Description Lasse Kärkkäinen 2007-08-01 19:08:54 UTC

Suggest adding a USE flag for controlling whether the ebuild depends on xfce4-session or not. The package xfce4-session is an optional part in the package and the startup scripts shipped from upstream detect whether the session manager is installed or not.

Motivation for configurability: it is the Gentoo way (it's about choice). The session manager makes the Xfce 4 startup time significantly longer that it is without that.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-01 19:13:20 UTC

If you don't want xfce-session, then don't use the metabuild.