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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Mageia-discuss Digest, Vol 2, Issue 137</H1>
<B>Marc Paré</B>
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<I>Mon Nov 1 09:42:29 CET 2010</I>
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<PRE>Le 2010-11-01 00:20, andre999 a écrit :
><i> It seems we're approaching a consensus.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I'm also beginning to see a convergence here ... with the XDG menu
</I>><i> system used by Mandriva.
</I>><i> We probably want to keep the installation choices somewhat simpler.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> So I see the installation, after the language selection (of one or more
</I>><i> languages), continuing with the choice of the desktop environment.
</I>><i> I would have KDE / Gnome / Other (which expands to show the others
</I>><i> available) / or none (for console only)
</I>><i> With an "information" button to give the implications, including the
</I>><i> fallback light desktops for KDE and Gnome.
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</I>><i> After that, a dialog for the activity categories, which would have
</I>><i> default application selections corresponding to the desktop environment
</I>><i> chosen.
</I>><i> We could preselect certain categories to make it easier for users who
</I>><i> don't want to bother choosing.
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</I>><i> We list the categories, each of which is expandable to show any
</I>><i> sub-categories, and further to show the individual applications, for
</I>><i> more detailed selection/deselection.
</I>><i> Particularly useful for more advanced users.
</I>><i> The advantage of this is we can have something suitable for all types of
</I>><i> users, without requiring configuration or non-intuitive choices.
</I>><i> Those who want quick easy choices, and those - like myself - who want to
</I>><i> fine-tune which packages are installed in one pass.
</I>><i> Required packages such as libraries should probably remain hidden,
</I>><i> although they would be visible as now in Rpmdrake after the installation.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> - André
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Yes, this is it. So, all that we would have left to organise is (in
consultation with the Mageia membership and its expert opinion on this):
* make a list of categories and sub-categories
* for each "tag-able" list, create a list of appropriate software
packages best suited for that category.
Marc
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