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Re: gitk fails to start after updating cygwin


On 2/24/2012 3:50 PM, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
"Corinna Vinschen" wrote:
  >  On Feb 24 11:26, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:

Should xorg-server be specified as a runtime dependency of gitk?

The X server is no hard requirement. Consider:


$ DISPLAY=my_linux_box:0 gitk&

True. But would the benefit (helping new users) outweigh the cost (installing xorg-server for some users that don't actually require it)?

Nobody that doesn't need or want it has to install the X-Server. If one uses gitk though, one has now moved into the category of "need/want the X-Server" if one wasn't already in that category. ;-)


-- Larry

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