On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:15:11AM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > * Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-03-07 > > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:34:17PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > > > Background: Installing Debian Testing with DVD 1 on a workstation. > > > > > > Why not install the following software by default? > > > > > Because Debian has a very minimal base install. You can install all of > > these packages yourself. I will give specific why reasons why they are > > not in the default. > > > > > 1. Vim > > > > nano is in the base install and is sufficient > > > > > 2. Emacs > > > > HUGE > > > > > 3. Screen > > > > not necessary in a base install > > Okay, but they ought to be installed atleast when "Desktop Environment" is > selected in Tasksel. > If you think that something is missing from a task, then the best thing to do is check and see if a bug has been filed against tasksel. If not, then file a bug explaining what you think is missing.
> > > 4. SSHD > > > > bad idea to start network services without the admin asking you to > > Okay, install when "File Server" is selected in Tasksel, and ask the admin > whether to enable starting the daemon during package configuration. > I disagree. SSH is not a file serving component. Besides, why would install something only to not have it run? If the admin wants it, he can choose it. I believe, though, that it does ask if you want ssh started automatically. > > > Why not make the install disk also a live one? Ubuntu does this. > > > > OK. So go use Ubuntu. > > > > Seriously, Ubuntu supports like two or three hardware architectures. > > Debian supports like 13. A live CD doesn't make sense on all of those > > and probably isn't possible on others. > > A live+install disk will be useful mainly for I386 and AMD64, and can be > skipped for the architectures for which it is not appropriate. A > live+install disk will go a long way in popularizing Debian. > I'm not disagreeing with you. It is just that the current installer team has plenty of other things to do. Though I am relatively certain that if you volunteer to do this, they will be most appreciative. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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