2008/8/29 Thomas Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now that our installer installs the whole base group by default, I'd wish it > would stick to the essential part. I suggest cleaning this up a bit: > > > Packages that IMO shouldn't be in base: . . . agree.
> > We should also remove all packages from base that only are in there as a > dependency of another package and for no other reason, as they will be > pulled in when needed anyway. > > Packages that we should think about: > - mdadm > - pcmciautils > - cryptsetup, lvm2 (plus their deps libgcrypt, libgpg-error, device-mapper) > Those are base tools, but not everybody needs them. I'd like to keep them in > base, but maybe someone else may disagree. Can be removed from base IMHO (and obviously left in core). > - nano > Do we really need another editor in base? YES! I'd rather like to see vim removed from base, than nano. > Let's leave it in core, remove it from base. -1024 -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
