Re: Packages to install be default for Stretch
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 9:45:09 PM EEST, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
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Cross-checking with popcon old (installed but not used) data
from: http://popcon.debian.org/by_old
This won't catch daemons etc, or take in account use in script. But if it
ends up in the top 100, I say it gets installed too often.
* Packages currently at "important":
- netcat-traditional:
No IPv6 support...
#2 on old!
- traceroute
#3 on old - I used to use it more, but these days with firewalls it doesn't
strike as very useful.
- wget
#54 on old - surprisingly high considering it's use in scripts.
* Packages currently at "standard":
- aptitude, aptitude-common:
#30 on old
- bc
#51 on old (used by kernel build)
dc:
#43 on old
- dnsutils:
#29 on old
- bsd-mailx
#74 on old
- procmail
#44 on old
- mutt
#76 on old
- ftp:
Brr, ftp.
#21 on old
- info, texinfo
#15, #21 on old
- m4:
#19 on old
- patch:
#59 on old
- time:
'time' is a builtin in at least bash and zsh.
#13 on old
- w3m:
I think text-mode browsers are not worth including in the default
install. It is *very* rare to not have another computer to use.
Plus in the worst case the package is still just an apt-get away.
Oops, in the last mail I said I wouldn't insist web browser for standard. I
was not aware one was already.
#75 on old
- whois:
#36 on old
From these I'd only is wget - I've occasionally been stuck without admin
priviledges and nothing to download files with. Because of this I know I
can implement a crude wget in a few lines of bash[1], so I can work around
my way, but that's hardly common knowledge.
[1] https://kos.to/mini-wget
Riku
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