On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:44:45AM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2015 11:38:25 Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock > > > installation. I have to do “apt get install aptitude” manually after > > > installation. > > > > > > Does anybody know why this is? > > > > Oh great! They've fixed it. I hated having to "dpkg --purge aptitude" > > after a new installation. If you want extra packages, it's just an > > apt-get install <package> step away. > > They can't win! > > "You can please all of the people some of the time, and you can please some > of > the people all of the time; but you cannot please all of the people all of > the time."
Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages you want *after* the install? I'm thinking bandwidth wastage, installation media size, etc. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
