So many packages installed for gimp - amazed

[Boey Maun Suang]

Hi Jeff,

> I understand that gimp has dependencies but I am amazed at how many  
> packages are being installed.  It is not just how slow my iBook G4  
> is, but all of the following have been installed in response to my  
> install of gimp (run from a different Terminal window while the  
> port install continues):

<snip />

> If this still appears normal, I will stop bugging the list.  I am  
> not really an impatient person. ;-)

Looks pretty normal to me; the Gimp is a complex program, and it  
depends on parts of Gnome which is also complex, so the full list of  
dependencies is going to be quite long, and compiling all of them  
will take time.

Kind regards,


Maun Suang

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Boey Maun Suang (Boey is my surname)
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