On Sunday 07 September 2003 13:27, Buchan Milne wrote: > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Michael Scherer wrote: > > we should first think what does having a package in main implies : > > > > Package in main are on cds. This is important, because it means > > that they can be installed without internet connection. > > This also means that some packages, like uucp, who are mostly used > > with a internet connection, could be moved to contribs without too > > many problems. > > Hmm, do you know that uucp is about the only solution for mail > transfer *without* an internet connection?
no. I was thinking of this related on having somehow a connection to the internet, in order to have a mail server, but obiously, it was the wrong example :/ > Anyway, IMHO, uucp is a more feature-critical package than a log > analyzer (if you need one, you *must* be connected to the internet, > you can always run your log analysis later once you have installed > it). Right. but, as i said before, if people want to script install, it should on cd for ease of use. Even if we know it could be done without it. > > Packages on cds are more visible. But this is a problem of contribs > > visibility, and it should be solved by making more publicity for > > contribs, and having urpmi.setup on cd. > > It also needs a menu entry ... Yes, i will do it. I will try to put some icons, i need to see with mdk employees. > > So, based on this difference, we should think about what should be > > in main, and what should go in contribs. > > Well, we need a wider audience than just us. Something like > popularity_contest would be a way to see which packages in main are > effectively obsolete (or need other justification to stay in). Yes. and, while collecting some information, we should also get the hardware. > BTW, regarding what roles Mandrake is used in, the poll on > MandrakeClub shows 50% use Mandrake on the desktop, 50% use Mandrake > on the desktop and server, which that server use *is* very popular > (imagine the chaos if 50% of Windows users used Windows on servers). Well, even without it, this is the chaos... -- Micka�l Scherer
