Frans Pop wrote: > Recently the priority of a number of development packages was lowered from > standard which means they are no longer installed by default. This is a > good thing, but IMO it would be nice if these packages could be installed > in an easy way using a Development task.
The problem with adding a development task has always been, and continues to be, that people do not use the same tools for development, and that there are no good defaults beyond basic C-style development tools. This is why #266702 is still open. The fact that those default C development tools are no longer in standard still doesn't make "development" a sensible task. It's not the same class of thing as running a web server or using a desktop, both of which can be accomplished well, if not perfectly for everyone, with a predetermined list of software. I would also like to stop making changes to the etch tasks Very soon. > If creation of a task is not an option, then please reassign to debian-cd > as IMO we should at least make sure that some of these packages are > available on the 1st CDs to enable people to build custom kernels or > modules after installation. Might be a good idea to do that. -- see shy jo
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