On Wednesday 12 July 2006 9:41 am, Klaus Kaempf wrote: > * Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jul 12. 2006 12:54]: > > On Wednesday 12 July 2006 04:18, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > > * Patterns can be grouped into roles, like "Development" or > > > "Desktop". * Patterns can require other patterns > > > > Will there be a way to have alternate choices, e.g. if you select > > "Database Server" you can choose between MySQL and Postgres, or either > > if you select "Java Development" you can choose between NetBeans and > > Eclipse? > > Yes, this could be done. > > However, depending on whom you ask, people will love or hate > such questions.
Actually, I think this can be used to take some of the drudgery out of the package selections. I end up going through all of groups to make sure that I get all of the packages I need, but if a pattern can select packages based on other selected patterns, I could spend far less time on it. If I select "Database/PostgreSQL" alone, it will install the server and client, but if I also have "Development/C and C++" and "Development/Python" selected, postgresql-devel and postgresql-python will also be installed. Similarly, if I select "Desktop Environments/KDE" it will install a basic KDE system, but if I also have "Hardware/TV Capture" it will also install kwintv. You could also use this to select tasks independently of the desktop environment. If you select "Productivity/Chat" and you have KDE and GNOME selected, you would get Konversation and XChat, but if you just have KDE, you would just get Konversation. I think that could be very powerful. -- James Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
