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Re: Modest proposal for successful releases

Someone wrote (and I agree):
> > We desperately need the much-talked about meta-packages - so one can just
> > try if the "workstation" or "development" or "server" sets install without
> > hassle. Since that is what the typical user will install, you can be
> > sure that at least the installation of those sets works without trouble.

John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
> Very good idea.  In fact, this should be rather trivial to implement if we 
> make use of virtual packages and a few modifications to dselect.

Err, no, virtual packages are something else entirely.  Please don't confuse
things by trying to use them for this.

> Eg, have a set of virtual packages that is presented in a special menu in 
> dselect.  If a user chooses to install one of the categories, all packages 
> that provide that particular virtual package are tagged for installation.

Fine, but don't call them virtual packages.  Call them, say, meta packages,
and change "provide" to "are part of".

				Warwick

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