On Thu, 2016-09-01 at 20:09 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
How much needs to go into minimal? I bet we can find users that claim the current pattern is still too large.
Yep. That's why calling it a "server" pattern is a good thing.
Well, then the name should still have "minimal" on it. Something like "Text Server (minimal) pattern".
Why? The current pattern gives you a functional setup which you are likely to use on a server; thanks to sshd being there you can even use it on a remote box and 'keep on configuring what you need'. Adding 'minimal' to the name only opens the door for flames that it's 'too big' and 'this and that should not be in'
For a text only machine I would install almost everything, except X and X apps. YaST would be installed, Alpine, text web browsers, text mode tools, mc, all man pages, gpm, etc.
YOU would - I would not... the patterns neither cater for you or me, they try to make a balance usable by 'everybody' - which for almosy all users means: it's a base, you need to add/remove what you really don't like. We can't maintain a pattern for every usecase
Once I installed that pattern and had to reinstall with something else, it was unusable.
it was unusable 'by you' - the pattern as defined now very well IS usable (and is being used) Cheers, Dominique