Hi was wondering what the process is for a package to get included as a default in future Ubuntu releases.
I suppose there is some popularity kind of thing involved, so any idea how this process works. See this article for some specific software that are proposed for "non inclusion" in future Ubuntu releases. http://insidesocal.com/click/2009/11/heard-at-the-ubuntu-developer.html However i have a further serious question / comment It used to be that an Ubuntu CD packed enough software to run a range of stuff and the same CD included packages that could be installed even if they weren't installed by default eg. Thunderbird, Gthumb, etc Now Ubuntu continues to come packed with software and there seems to be no space left over for additional packages that some of like (again the above mentioned thunderbird, gthumb etc) It means that apart from the base install we have to very quickly get access to a good net connection or the repos before we have a "complete system". I understand that many of us long time users have matured and are very choosy about what we want to use but how it is that we miss out on so many software that we would like to see by default (ignoring the propreitory ones over which linux has no control). Is it that Linux is getting bloated and that now the default install media should be a DVD and not a CD. (like Ultimate -which too seems to miss thunderbird). Another aspect that strikes me is that the technology to compress software for a live cd (or to pack on to a disk) and its HD installed version provides a high ratio. Eg a 700 MB install disk for Ubuntu 9.10 takes up about 2.5 Gig when installed. A 2.4 GB Ultimate DVD takes up about 7 Gig when installed. I also understand that different groups of people, regions etc have different needs for software and there is possibly no distro that can keep up with this varied demand and we will need to depend on additional sources. The questions here are 1. what (or what should) constitutes a complete install 2. How much more media (or sources) will we require to configure a full fledged OS (in the context that a few years back a single CD was usually more then enough. *** Lastly is there a way we (Ubuntu users) can collectively put our preferences forward and make it know to the developers that we would desperately like these packages to be part of the basic install. look forward to comments and thoughts ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
