Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>> I only made a minimal list of patterns - and now want to open a new
>> discussion on what kind of patterns we should have.
>> I can add everything I find usefull - but please tell me what you find
>> usefull ;-)
>
> Without having thought a lot about it - the initial selection by
> patterns/groupings is meant to give the user a system with a set
> software suitable for the primary purpose(s) of the machine being
> installed.  
>
> So what are the typical main roles of an openSUSE system?  
>
> Desktop
> |
> +--- Desktop for/with multimedia
> +--- Desktop for development
> +--- Desktop for office/backoffice
> +--- etcetera

I added for now - and did this only for KDE, GNOME will come later - a
generic KDE desktop pattern and a few sub patterns:
* KDE-BASIS
* KDE-Devel
* KDE-Edutainment
* KDE-Games
* KDE-Help
* KDE-IMAGE
* KDE-Internet
* KDE-Multimedia
* KDE-Office
* KDE-System
* KDE-Utilities

> |
> Laptop
> +--- (not sure how to divide this)

I don't know either.

> |
> Server 
> |
> +--- Fileserver

> +--- Internetserver (DNS, web etc.)
> +--- Database
> +--- Directory
> +--- Firewall, network server
> +--- etcetera

I have now:
* Directory (LDAP)
* Fileserver
* Mailserver
* LAMP
* XEN
* Internet Gateway

> |
> [other roles?]

Development - not sure how to structure this.

>
> This is only a proposal - I really just wrote it up in five minutes. 
> Maybe it's entirely in appropriate.  
>
> Maybe the selection is 1-2-3 step:  Primary qualifier, secondary
> qualifier, plus add-ons (things you might want to do regardless of
> which type of system): "Experienced User", "Kernel development", ....

I don't like Experienced user - this should be split into several
patterns...

> Primary and secondary qualifier could fit into one page/window in a
> tree-style display as the above, and going to the 2nd window for
> add-ons could be made optional, such that new-bies or non-techies would
> have a fast-path, whereas techies and/or experienced users would still
> have the option of a detailed selection etc.


Andreas
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