Comment # 3 on bug 1122778 from Fabian Vogt

(In reply to Simon Lees from comment #2)
> Having thought on this more, maybe we could make this a bit better but i'm
> leaning toward more that the x11 patterns should just be hidden, on there
> own they don't do anything useful other then reduce the list of things the
> other desktop patterns use. The reason we have the x11 / x11_opt split is
> for stuff we want on the DVD vs stuff that doesn't fit.

That's a rather bad reason - it means a DVD install has a different result
without online repos.

> For the usecase your suggesting someone should be able to just select the
> Basesystem pattern then install the package for the desktop they want on
> top, be it enlightenment, icewm, lxqt etc. or a selection of xfce packages.
> You should be able to install any desktop without the x11 pattern, if not
> its a bug in the desktop package.

Yes - just choosing a single pattern in the "Custom" selection.

> Currently I think SLES uses the X11 pattern for icewm, which is why this
> pattern is visible maybe we should split that out into a "Simple / basic"
> desktop pattern and make that visible instead. But I think it would be best
> if we keep doing the same thing between SLES / openSUSE as much as possible.

Sounds like a good idea. Can that be done for 15.2?