On 2013-04-29 15:07 (GMT+0200) Sandro Mani composed:
From time to time, when setting up virtual machines for testing, I miss a fast way to install the minimal set of packages which allows me to boot into the desktop of a desktop environment. Currently, I do a minimal install, then install some core component, i.e. gnome-shell, and then hunt the logs to find out which other packages are missing.
So, what about creating groups for the various desktop environments which pull in basesystem + xorg + mesa drivers + displaymanager + bare desktop shell?
Advantages I see are: * Users can quickly set up test environments for various desktop environments * It would make side-by-side installation of desktop environments more pleasant * It might help considering enabling the yum option "clean_requirements_on_remove=1" by default, since even if something goes wrong, the user will not end up with a missing desktop next time he or she reboots * It might help fixing some package dependencies
Opinions?
Would save me lots of time. :-) I really don't like providing space for or installing and constantly updating packages that never get used on test installations.
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