On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 12:45:13AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > Which doesn't include some very important tasks (task-web-server
> > and task-programming come to mind), but is a large improvment from
> > what we have now. And almost even fits on one screen.
> >
> Maybe we need a way to define subtasks so we get output like:
> [ ] LDAP : LDAP libraries, server and clients
> [ ] LDAP Devel : LDAP Development libraries
> [ ] LDAP Server : LDAP Server
> [ ] LDAP Tools : LDAP Utilities
> [ ] LDAP Name Service : LDAP NSS and PAM for Name Service
That would definitely be the best solution for the long term. I
really do hope we can get there someday. For the short-term, however,
it might be nice to have some controls over when one can invade the
task-* namespace, just as we do with virtual packages.
> Of course, this requires the tasksel author agreeing to implement
> something like this :)
Hmm, more of a "recommends" than a "depends". We could always write a
replacement if he simply refuses point-blank. But he certainly
deserves the right of "first refusal".
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