On Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 11:12:36PM +0200, David Frey wrote: > On 05 Apr 1998 16:44:13 -0400 Steve Dunham wrote: > > "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> writes: > > > For reference, here are the options under RH 4.0: > > > ( ) C development > > > ( ) development libraries > > > ( ) C++ development > > > ( ) print server > > > ( ) news server > > > ( ) nfs server > > > ( ) networked workstation > > > ( ) anonymous FTP/gopher server > > > ( ) web server > > > ( ) select individual packages > I'd suggest to add: > > ( ) (La)TeX environment > > David > -- > David Frey (B98D36A9) = 51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE > Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > -- Henry Spencer > Humm... This discussion remember me of some old ideas who sometimes ago appears in this list... It was about some meta-package (like the Christoph one in bo), who simply as Recommends: and Suggests: well set for the newbie... They will be present first to the user (even before base package) by putting in a Capitalized category... and can do some nice thing to the newbie like setting up some parameters, etc... An example? Package: C Development Recommends: gcc, gdb, libc5-dev Suggest: clint, ddd | xxgdb, bison, [put on a second line for best view] emacs | joe | emacsen, kernel-package, kernel-source-2.0.33 Description: Debian C Development Package This choice gives you the bare minimum if you want to do some programmation on your computer. In fact, it gives you everything you want for recompiling your kernel, one of the most primordial task to do for every Linux hackers. What's cool about this, it's that they are really easy to done (especially if we avoid the completed source release by simply using dpkg-deb) and can be easily to dselect or apt. I don't know too much about how can we integrated it too the package selection tool but that's just my other 2c. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fabien Ninoles E-mail: fab@tzone.org WebPage: http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~94246757 You can get my public key from your nearest public keys server! RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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