On 13 Dec, Kristoffer.Rose@ENS-Lyon.FR wrote: > Joseph Carter writes: > >> "Desktop" with KDE and Gnome would be HUGE. No, Gnome section now, KDE >> section later when we have KDE. Gnome and KDE are BOTH big enough for >> their own sections, Gnome is as big as tex and KDE is bigger. > > Please: this is wrong! The sections are *not* there for our convenience > but for the USERS to find what they WANT, based on CATEGORIES of software. > > Rationale: The ultimate goal of the sections is to make it easy for even > the novice user to pick the sections corresponding to the work areas they > will be using. > > So the "tex" section was, IMHO, always a mistake and I'd definitely prefer > that all the "tex" packages quietly migrated to the "text" section (or, in > a few cases, elsewhere). I have to agree with joseph. As a user, I would much prefer to see a gnome section, it's just much more convenient when I want to install the entire gnome system (and many will, since gnome is an integrated user interface). I agree with the above rationale generally, but gnome seems to be an exception to the rule; it is simply more intuitive to have it available clumped together. KDE also, if the licensing issues can be resolved. If by Metapackage you mean a package which simply contains the entire gnome dist (or "pointers" to all of the packages in gnome), that might be a cool alternative. Biers, C. Thomas -- I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage
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