Am 17.02.2012 13:13, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
As I understand the "minimal" task it should only provide the packages
to run a respective environment. Chat or other such functionalities do
not belong in a minimal installation.
As for your example: when you set up gnome-minimal and after that
install a chat application it should be this application package's
task to draw all necessary dependencies (like gnome-contacts).
I agree with wobo here. The "-minimal" tasks should only install a basic
desktop meaning in case of KDE (which I know better then GNOME) no
kdepim, no kdegamees, no kdeedu and so on.
It should be similar with GNOME, XFCE, LXDE and so on.
But back to dm:
Having a desktop suggest its own dm and having every other package (like
xguest) that does need a dm just require dm would be the best way imho.
Oliver
