Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-28 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:43:50AM +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > David Starner writes: > > Instead of each developer chose what packages are and aren't useful > > to them, why don't we look at the popularity contest? A simple, bias-free > > way of seperating programs on to the CD's, by actual

Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-27 Thread David Weinehall
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Matthew Vernon wrote: > David Starner writes: > > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > > Nevertheless it is moot point because we are running out of room and > there > > > has to be a third CD. It might as well contain all the documents and

Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-27 Thread Matthew Vernon
David Starner writes: > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > Nevertheless it is moot point because we are running out of room and there > > has to be a third CD. It might as well contain all the documents and > > other packages non-essential to using an OS. > >

Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-25 Thread David Starner
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 08:18:04PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 02:51:36AM -0500, David Starner wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 07:28:57AM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Instead of each developer chose what packages are and

Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-25 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 02:51:36AM -0500, David Starner wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 07:28:57AM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Instead of each developer chose what packages are and aren't useful > > > to them, why don't we look at the popularity conte

Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-25 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from debian: 25-Sep-99 Re: Useless packages (was R.. by David [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is there any reason to think it's not correct? More importantly, even > if it is somewhat wrong, is there any reason to think it's not better > than what we have? Well, accurate for the data it gets doesn'

Re: Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-25 Thread David Starner
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 07:28:57AM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Instead of each developer chose what packages are and aren't useful > > to them, why don't we look at the popularity contest? A simple, bias-free > > way of seperating programs on to the CD's,

Useless packages (was Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)

1999-09-24 Thread David Starner
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:59:27PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > Nevertheless it is moot point because we are running out of room and there > has to be a third CD. It might as well contain all the documents and > other packages non-essential to using an OS. > > Here's another idea. What about