2012/3/23 Matthew Dawkins <[email protected]>: > > On Mar 23, 2012 3:41 AM, "Wolfgang Bornath" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2012/3/23 Thierry Vignaud <[email protected]>: >> > I've asked previously if we want a firewall installed before summary, >> > anne & >> > blino said it was OK >> >> Nice! And how is the user supposed to avoid installing a firewall with >> all those dependencies if he does not need it (ie if the firewall >> functions are handled by another device in the LAN?)? I see no sense >> having a firewall with all dependencies on all my machines in the LAN >> when there is a dedicated device/pc for this function. So why not >> leave that to the summary (or an extra question) during installer and >> then install the necessary packages according to the answer (yes or >> no)? > > If interested, I did a lot of what I called thinning of the distro for mdv > to get my UL CLI isos down to 100MB. > > There's not just one point in the dep chain that starts the deluge of > unnecessary pkgs.
Yes, playing with minimal installation options lately (either by preset minimum install options or by individual package selections) many questions arose. I was hoping for steps toward an improvement by this thread. -- wobo
