Re: Stop archive bloat: 47MB gmt-coast-full_19991001-1.deb
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 10:13:08PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> * USEFUL : here, we shouldn't add ALL the normal packages but packages
> that are often needed on a system that the X window system, TeTeX, SGML
> tools, standart developpment software to be able to compile a kernel and
> other C/C++ software, a Java VM, .... but not the weird developpment
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> packages that allows programming in unknown programming languages or do very
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> particulary things related to high level science or other things I don't
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> understand....
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> * OPTIONAL : ALL USEFUL packages but that are useful to less people like
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> Gnome & KDE software, unused window managers, ...
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Seems extraordinarly subjective to me. "ALL USEFUL packages"? If someone
packaged it, then someone thinks it's useful. "unknown" programming languages?
They're apparently known to someone. Things you don't understand? ! ?
The current policy on sections works because of its clarity - there are few
subjective decisions. This system is very, very subjective.
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David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
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