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(my interest :P) +</I>>><i> +</I> +Nice work :) + +><i> :) +</I>><i> Currently we also need a way to fix our iso creation : +</I>><i> for example on Mageia DVD 1 there's 4703 packages available for a size +</I>><i> of 3.7 Giga while Alpha 3 is providing only 4208 packages for a size +</I>><i> of 4Gb ... so we're using more space for less packages. +</I>><i> For kde's part we've got already some bug reports reporting missing +</I>><i> packages that where only suggests before (yes misc i agree that +</I>><i> suggests is not the right way to add stuff but since they are not +</I>><i> *required* to work a kde session there's no reason to add them as +</I>><i> requires)& available in previous Mageia 1. +</I>><i> I can of course add them as requires on the task-kde package but i +</I>><i> think we should first start what we want to provides by default with +</I>><i> our task. +</I>><i> What should task-minimal requires ? just the desktop ? an irc client ? +</I>><i> a web client (well here firefox is the default one) a mail client ? +</I>><i> etc etc +</I>><i> Enabling suggests on bcd configuration is certainly a no go because +</I>><i> we're already @ 4Go for dvd iso so part of the problem could probably +</I>><i> be fixed in the task- packages& after we can probably still add some +</I>><i> packages on the configuration. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>for task packages, I think a good presentation on installation would be +something like this : + +[]-+-- () all required packages + ()-internet + | [] firefox - description + | [] browser2 - desc + | [] thunderbird - desc + | [] email client2 - desc + | [] iceape/seamonkey - desc + ()-office suites + | [] libreoffice - desc + | [] office suite2 - desc + []-other group 1 (can be all selected) + | [] option1 - desc + | [] option2 - desc + ()-other group 2 (selectable one at a time) + [] option1 - desc + [] option2 - desc + ... + +Notes: +- each package not on the dvd would be noted as such. +This should make it easier to deal with more limited space on the dvd. +- () is to open to see more detail, but not a point of selection. +- [] is a check box for selection, which includes the options to the +right/below. +So clicking the top/left box would select everything. +- packages already installed would be shown dim (if shown at all). +- the optional packages would be "suggests". + +The idea is that any time a task package is selected, the same +presentation would appear, showing what is already installed, and that +deselecting an installed item would lead to its' uninstallation. + +Not an original idea, since some larger Ms-based apps (at least used to) +do this. +Except that in Linux, packages are generally less self-contained and +more interdependant, so this schema would be more advantageous here. +It would give users a lot easier control over what is installed. +It could be applied to some non-task packages as well. + +One advantage of this is that we could have only one task-kde, one +task-gnome, etc. + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011524.html">[Mageia-dev] [ANN] unbloated installer stage1 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011538.html">[Mageia-dev] [ANN] unbloated installer stage1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11526">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11526">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11526">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11526">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |