Le 23/04/2016 23:25, Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit : > Hi, > > today i tried a vagrant box from https://atlas.hashicorp.com/debian/. > > I have several issues with that box: > > * Why is apt-listchanges installed on that box? That is way away from a > default installation. > * Why does it come with a MTA installed? For a vagrant image i would had > expected to ship a minimal installation without a "default" task > installed. > > For my understanding of a vagrant box to play with, this box comes with > way to many software pieces installed by default. I do not understand > why it needs things like apt-listchanges, bc, exim, rpcbind, telnet or > whois installed in a minimal vagrant jessie image. >
Hi Martin Thanks for you interest and suggestions. The aim of the Vagrant box is not to be a reduced package set for a docker-like setup but to produce an experience similar to a standard debian environment. This is is why we installed up to now all packages of priority "standard" (and this is why apt -istchanges sneaked in) You can see the choices of packages currently used here: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/cloud/debian-vm-templates.git/tree/packer-virtualbox-vagrant/http/vanilla-debian-8-jessie-preseed.cfg Reducing the package set to 'Important' could be an option but I don't want to select packages individually, because I don't think the choice of packages installed should differ from what the installer does. Any thoughts on Standard vs Important on this list ? Emmanuel
