Hi, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> skribis: > >> IMHO Guix should mimic what Debian is doing in this particular case. >> Meaning having desktop packages that contain a “full” desktop with >> default applications for common usages. >> >> This would consist in adding ‘libreoffice’ and replacing ‘epiphany’ with >> ‘icecat’ in the ‘gnome’ package. Additionally a ‘gnome-core’ package >> (or ‘gnome-minimal’ which seems to be the name convention chosen by >> Guix) could be created with the minimal set of packages required to have >> a working GNOME desktop, for OCD people that don't like having unused >> packages installed. > > Hmm, OK. Do you think it’s too much to ask, given the current audience > (tinkerers), to add those packages to their config, or to install them > with “guix package -i”? Definitely not, it is even better for tinkerers to not have those “bloated” bundles/meta-packages full of defaults they don't like. :-) -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37
