On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, David Engel wrote: >> We simply create a new section (let's call it "typical" for now) and >> populate it with dummy packages that don't contain any files but >> depend on the desired set of real packages. For example, we could > >I suggested this a while back, and it was met with a favorable response >(this was a few months ago when we were arguing about replacing dselect). >I think that part of the problem is getting the ball rolling. Another >thing is that the proposed Diety standard includes something like this, >called "profiles". > > Will this is an excellent idea. if someone wants to officially lead the effort, i will volunteer to help out as i can. paul j. thompson
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