On Thursday 12 March 2009 10:18:08 am Carlos E. R. wrote:
The current solution is the best they have, with the available resources and knowledge.
... and current layoffs don't help to expand activity. As mentioned in another mail, user that doesn't like size or some applications, can, with little effort, create own configuration and replicate it on every consecutive installation. YaST Software Management > File > Export and Import when you want to replicate installation. If system was configured without requests to ignore dependencies, this should work fine. For instance, in VBox installation I removed patterns that are not needed and the installation was reasonably responsive. One of patterns that might be Larry's favorite for removal is Desktop Effects. If it is removed during installation nothing related to effects will be installed. Later, is more work, as removing pattern doesn't remove packages. You have to remove (uncheck) every package listed in the pattern, but even that is not holly script. This is also one area where openSUSE users can help development team. Instead of endless complains in all possible direction, export you favorite selection and offer as a sample. (I'll post this idea on opensuse-project, to see how to organize place where such configurations can be uploaded.) This will remove a lot of guesswork, what people like. Just as with screen savers, number of downloads will be the judge. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org