Le 2010-11-01 00:20, andre999 a écrit :
It seems we're approaching a consensus.
I'm also beginning to see a convergence here ... with the XDG menu
system used by Mandriva.
We probably want to keep the installation choices somewhat simpler.
So I see the installation, after the language selection (of one or more
languages), continuing with the choice of the desktop environment.
I would have KDE / Gnome / Other (which expands to show the others
available) / or none (for console only)
With an "information" button to give the implications, including the
fallback light desktops for KDE and Gnome.
After that, a dialog for the activity categories, which would have
default application selections corresponding to the desktop environment
chosen.
We could preselect certain categories to make it easier for users who
don't want to bother choosing.
We list the categories, each of which is expandable to show any
sub-categories, and further to show the individual applications, for
more detailed selection/deselection.
Particularly useful for more advanced users.
The advantage of this is we can have something suitable for all types of
users, without requiring configuration or non-intuitive choices.
Those who want quick easy choices, and those - like myself - who want to
fine-tune which packages are installed in one pass.
Required packages such as libraries should probably remain hidden,
although they would be visible as now in Rpmdrake after the installation.
- André
Yes, this is it. So, all that we would have left to organise is (in
consultation with the Mageia membership and its expert opinion on this):
* make a list of categories and sub-categories
* for each "tag-able" list, create a list of appropriate software
packages best suited for that category.
Marc
