* Robert Schiele <rschiele@gmail.com> [Jan 18. 2007 23:19]:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:55:54AM +1100, Graham Smith wrote:
What might be needed is a "base package set" plus a number of extra pattern sets to cover specific jobs like:-
a) minimal networking b) package management c) virtualised systems
You would then select the "base package set", then whatever patterns you need to configure a certain system. This may need to placed under an advanced section of the package management to reduce the problems faced by newbies.
This is the thinko! Why should one have to select a "base package set" and "minimal networking" if he just wants "minimal networking" (whatever that would be)?
There is no need to select both. "minimal networking" would install "base package set" through dependencies. It just that "minimal networking" is option (can be deselected) but "base package set" is not. [...]
Honestly, most people in this thread try to solve a problem that is just not existing. That's like people in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trying to find the answer without knowing the question at all.
To me the question is, which packages (resp. patterns) should be enforced (required) by an openSUSE system and which are optional. If one still wants to de-install one of these packages, the resulting system isn't considered openSUSE any more. Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org