Brook Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > > > It won't be a problem if I *buy* the powerpack, so as far as
> > > > Mandrake is conserned this is no problem. I only wish I had
> > > > known about this _before_ downloding it, then I would not have
> > > > spent my time on it.  What about the download edition, is the
> > > > kde-i18n-sv package in there?
> > >
> > > Yes, but then you don't get kernel-source.
> > >
> > > Seems we can no longer get a full distribution on 3 CDs? Time to go to 4
> > > for download?
> >
> > Ouch. What's taking so much space?
> 
> stupid emacs and xemacs and all the assorted packages. No real users
> use these out there it is more of a developer odity (as not all
> developers use this thing either). Not only that but truly useful
> packages such as midnight commander (when I select console tools)
> and gvim are not even installed.

fill a bug on install assigned to david baudens suggering mc be
inclued in console tools list.

> I'm not sure if they are even on the cd's as I havn't even managed
> to get them downloaded yet and am still using my custom cd's from
> cooker after it was frozen for the cd's. These two are only about 5
> or 6 megs together at the most compared to probably close to 100
> megs for emacs including all it's assorted packages.

regarding "real" end users, the odds are low that he'll use either vi
or emacs.
the same for mc... the user'll use konq instead

"trully interested" packages is a very personal subject. eg i tootally
disagree with you and i think emacs is infinitevely more usefull than
mc ... for me.

neither me or you is a typicall end user i bet.


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