[Mageia-dev] Drakx installer should install task-gnome, not -minimal

Wed Aug 31 11:40:09 CEST 2011

When I installed Mageia I noticed (due to missing packages), that it
+installed task-gnome-minimal. This was a bit surprising, because I
+assumed it would install full GNOME as I had selected GNOME during the
+install.
+
+Looking through the drakx sources, it seems for KDE4 it:
+ - during an upgrade, checks if it is installed using task-kde4-minimal
+ - BUT: to upgrade it installs task-kde4 (not the minimal one)
+
+So would appreciate if GNOME had the same working:
+ - for upgrade, check for task-gnome-minimal
+ - to perform upgrade, install task-gnome
+
+This seems a bit inconsistent? Not sure of 'CD' space issues though. I
+used the Mageia network boot image (the 40MB or so one) to install
+Cauldron via the internet. IMO if there are space issues, then only the
+CD version should be optimized for space, not the other options. For a
+network install I just want exactly what I select.
+
+Could this be changed?
+
+For easy references:
+  difference between KDE4 and GNOME:
+  http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/drakx/trunk/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm?revision=832&view=markup#l406
+
+  desktop detection (same):
+  http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/drakx/trunk/perl-install/pkgs.pm?revision=805&view=markup#l220
+
+-- 
+Regards,
+Olav
+