Bug#758096: Filed Bug#758096: tasksel: Allow to select specific packages during installation - just "DE", "Web server", "Mail server" is NOT enough

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 01:05:27PM +0400, Vitaliy Filippov wrote:
> Just filed the bugreport for tasksel (being inspired by the gnome
> discussion...)
> 
> Bug#758096: tasksel: Allow to select specific packages during
> installation - just "DE", "Web server", "Mail server" is NOT enough

Beeing inspired by the recent discussion on Blends list, I'd like
to add a pointer to the thread basically starting here:

   https://lists.debian.org/debian-blends/2014/08/msg00004.html
 
Currently we can provide tasksel control files in the following
Blends (packages):

   Debian Edu     (edu-tasks)
   Debian Games   (games-tasks)
   Debian GIS     (gis-tasks)
   Debian Junior  (junior-tasks)
   Debian Med     (med-tasks)
   Debian Science (science-tasks)
   DebiChem       (debichem-tasks)

The packages contain a file

   /usr/share/tasksel/descs/<blendname>-tasks.desc

and the usual stuff in /usr/share/doc/<pkgname> but nothing else.  They
are exclusively designed as tasksel input.

IMHO it would do a nice service to our users to promote these topics on
our installers at the time when tasks will be selected.

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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