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

Thu Sep 1 10:43:52 CEST 2011

On 31 August 2011 11:40, Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl> wrote:
+> 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?
+
+Why?
+This was done for various reasons whereas you didn't bring any
+technical argument.
+