Re: GNOME 1.4 package list

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Franck Martin <Franck@sopac.org> writes:

> Well I think on the same way that RPM has categories GNOME should be the
> same...
> 
> GNOME 1.4 should contains the minimum - no games, no applications, just a
> desktop, libraries, GNOME configuration tools.
> GNOME DOCUMENTATION 1.4 should contain all the documentation which is not
> related to a particular application.
> GNOME OFFICE 1.4 should contain applications: dia, gnumeric, gimp, ...
> GNOME DEVELOPMENT 1.4 should contain development applications: glade, gide,
> gdb, extra help files...
> GNOME GAMES 1.4 should contain games: all sort of games
> GNOME ADMINISTRATION 1.4 should contain tools to administrate linux, or
> other OS on which GNOME runs.
> ....
> 
> So I can install a bare GNOME for my laptop or a full beast for my
> workstation...

You can already customize what you install by picking packages in the installer.
 
> Franck Martin
> Database Development Officer
> SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
> Fiji
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Please remove this obnoxious requirement when posting to public lists.

I don't think we want that level of release granularity.

 - Maciej