First of all, thanks for your answers. > IMHO, there is a series of (serious) problems in such a plan, such > as: > > * we *do* have, after all, "tasks" to install desktops and (some, > specialized?) servers, without having to resort to creating > another 30G of repositories.
Well, you have a valid point here. And I must admit that I forgot about that simple fact (tasks) for a moment. Anyway, I still see an opportunity for improvement :-) Yes, the tasks come right after installing base system and reboot. But maybe (I say: maybe) they should be moved, or at least described earlier in the process. A whole lot of defaults could be preset based on such initial choice, even components of the base system! Come on, is it really needed to have _exactly_ the same base system and initial set of programs on the server as well as on desktop system? I don't know, I'm just asking. On the other hand, I wasn't thinking about creating repositories, just "profiles" above them. Under the cover there still could be only stable / testing / whatever, like it is right now. In such case "profiles" could be seen as another layer of abstraction. Anyway, I'm not going to fight for it because: * you've reminded me about tasks, and indeed I'm fine with that * I am no Ian Murdock's advocate by any means, that was his original idea, possibly incompatible with The Debian Way. If he wants something, let he defend his ideas himself ;-) Thanks again for the answers. Friendly, Wiktor Wandachowicz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
