Harry wrote:
> On 8/6/01 6:07 PM, "Thierry Vignaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>unselect XFree86-libs and you'll end in only ~90-100Mb of packages to install
>>:-)
>>
>
> That's nice, and I'm sure that the newbies that are gifted with the power of
> prediction and mind-reading will have no trouble figuring this out.
At last, someone who cares about the bad feeling you have when you do
not understand something! I think that Mandrakesoft miss a few real
newbies who would be chosen to install the distro on Mandrakesoft's
computers, and comment about it. What about asking people in the street
if they have a couple of minutes to contribute to the futur of
computing? I thought Paris was full of tourists during summer...
> Since as far back as I can recall, there have been regular echoes of
> requests for the options of 'select all' (in fact, commonly still pointed
> out as a flaw in reviews) and 'minimum install'.
>
> Neither of these options require rcoket science to implement, yeat,
> steadfastedly, Mandrake refuses to add these simple options.
The question is : why?
> Why?
That is indeed the question! ;)
No, this is a serious question, and mankind is waiting for an answer.
> (While at the same time weighting down the installations with cutting edge,
> but largely unnecessary apps, and leaving out relatively useful and
> established files (like the rather obscure 'traceroute').
You have the same ideas than I. You are GREAT! <laugh>
> Sometimes I really wonder.
Me too! I thought Mandrake was aimed at the beginners, and yet, three
years after the first release, there is still not a plain minimal
install. Let me rephrase it : there is no "standard" install. At the
moment, which packages are installed depend on the space left on the
device (with this percentage thingy). I wish there was only 650 MB for a
"standard install", with a precise set of which packages are installed
and which ones are not.
Oooh, obviously, this would apply to the "End-user" installation only.
I'm not saying this is the only way to go! But I'm confident that it
would make debugging more efficient, because we could all test the same
distro, test everything thoroughly, and make the "Standard Mandrake"
bug-free or so. Then, the user would have a very clean OS that he could
fill with Mandrake's stock RPMS. This is how I see things, but again,
I'm not Bill Gates so my visions may be foggy. ;)
Gr�goire
