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Re: RFC: new task-science package



On 12-Dec-00, 09:42 (CST), "Michael A. Miller" <mmiller3@iupui.edu> wrote: 
> >>>>> "Steve" == Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org> writes:
> 
>     > Again, this seems like a lot of detail to inflict on a
>     > first time user (who is supposedly who the task- packages
>     > are aimed at).
> 
> 
> As I think about it more, it seems that the real value of a task
> package is that it is specific, not general.  That leads me to
> the conclusion that more tasks is better.

If they need to be that specific, then they are not aimed at the general
user, and should not be task-* packages, they should be general meta
packages. 

steve
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