Re: Mouse configuration during installation needs improvement
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 08:16:28AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Where is your data for this assertion?
The number of people that have no idea how to get to the console from X.
Personally I hate dealing with machines that don't have gpm installed,
but I don't want to bloat the base install either.
> This argument would also see the removal of 'login', since that's not
> needed by your putative majority of people who don't log in over
> text-only interfaces.
The default system does not have X. Not having login prevents you from
working. Not having gpm is at worst slightly inconvinient.
> This argument fails for the same reason: just because *few* people use
> it is not sufficient reason to drop it from the install. If you don't
> want 'gpm' installed, you need a different argument.
Don't install stuff that is non essential. gpm certainly is not
essential, so don't install it. login is essential, so do install it.
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Len Sorensen
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