On 5/9/07, Ryan Ply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 06:27:28PM +0200, Georg Grabler wrote:
> > I havn't had a look at [current] before.
> >
> > Let me tell you the interpretation for me.
> > For me, [current] should hold base packages. So packages needed to run
> > the system. For me, it could be named "base" as well. Extra is
> > everything i don't need to install to have a system up and running,
> > but what gives me extra programs which i can use, as the desktop
> > system of my choice, chat applications, word processing etc. etc.
> > Maybe, also a split into [base] [current] [extra] [community],
> > providing system relevant tools, console tools and similar and extra
> > for gui things. The community also could be split up in console / gui.
> > I head for (in example) for a system without any gui installation, i
> > won't need to update all the dbs all the time - since i don't use them
> > anyway (as my servers).
> >
> > I'm just shooting around, don't get angry guys, i'm saying this since
> > you are already re-organizing things, which will take some time, and
> > the 2.6.22 kernel with major support for the new network/wlan
> > interface is to be released also (as i know some weeks), what will
> > make some modules completely unnecessary.
> >
> > I've set up a list what in my eyes makes sense. I have missed some
> > things (i'm sure i did, the lists were long). I hope you consider this
> > things, i just represent one (my) point of view to you :).
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
>
> Looks like a good list to me, with just one exception, db.  pacman -Qi
> gives me 24 programs that want it and sqlite 2.  I'd say everyone
> still uses it.

Yeah, I actually left db off of the wiki list, because it is fairly ubiquitous

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