Heiko Helmle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>>
>> The target of this exercise for me was to get the default install
>> small - and have extra packages that many like in extra patterns.
>
> Well an additional exercise may be letting some yast2-modules stay
> away from 'base'.
> if i recall correctly DNS-Server or DHCP-Server module are on base.
> that's something that should belong to the respecing server-pattern.

Yes, I did that.  I have now a base YaST pattern and a server pattern
(still looking for a good name) with the YaST server modules in it.

> for the editor-discussion:
>
> i personally expect a vi to be on every system that has a unix-like
> shell. Even the small embedded linux boxes have vi (as a busybox
> module) I don't care if it is the quite large 'vim' or any other vi -
> but if it is too large for base, that's not a problem. vi is a simple
> 'yast -i
> vim' away.

I agree.

> i'm very happy with a small-as-possible base install (not default, but
> base) as it makes SuSe easier to install on flash :)
>
> nano is foolproof, very lean and easy to use for anybody. and for the
> simple tasks like editing some /etc/sysconfig it is enough.

I don't use either - and would like a voting module in our wiki ;-).

Andreas
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