Now that etch is out I can think about removing the --without-recommands from tasksel. Using Per's recipe for finding what additional packages will be installed, here's the current status in unstable.
standard: debconf-utils lib64mudflap0 libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev debconf-utils is pulled in via ucf. (#424926) The mudflap stuff would have to go, but is actually pulled in via gcc stuff, which is pulled in because gcc-multilib is standard. (#424924) gnome-desktop: alien arj aspell aspell-en at-spi binfmt-support ca-certificates checkpolicy cli-common dasher dasher-data debconf-utils debhelper deborphan dialog esound-clients fam festival festlex-cmu festlex-poslex festvox-kallpc16k gcc-3.3-base gdm-themes gettext gimp-svg gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-games-extra-data gnome-mag gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnopernicus gok gthumb gutenprint-locales html2text imagemagick intltool-debian iproute-doc jackd lib64mudflap0 libarchive-tar-perl libart2.0-cil libatk1.0-data libatspi1.0-0 libbeecrypt6 libbrlapi1 libcolorblind0 libcompress-zlib-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libdigest-sha1-perl libestools1.2 libfont-afm-perl libft-perl libgail-gnome-module libgcj7-1-awt libgcj7-jar libgconf2.0-cil libgda2-bin libgdiplus libgl1-mesa-dri libglade2.0-cil libglib1.2 libglib2.0-cil libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libgmime-2.0-2 libgmime2.2-cil libgnome-mag2 libgcj7-jar libgconf2.0-cil libgda2-bin libgdiplus libgl1-mesa-dri libglade2.0-cil libglib1.2 libglib2.0-cil libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libgmime-2.0-2 libgmime2.2-cil libgnome-mag2 libgnome-speech3 libgnome-vfs2.0-cil libgnome2.0-cil libgpod-common libgtk2.0-cil libgtkhtml2.0-cil libgtkhtml3.8-15 libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libio-zlib-perl libjasper1 libmagick9 libmail-sendmail-perl libmail-spf-query-perl libmailtools-perl libmono-cairo1.0-cil libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono0 libmono2.0-cil libmudflap0 libmudflap0-dev libmysqlclient15off libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libnet-cidr-lite-perl libnet-dns-perl libnet-ip-perl libpam-keyring libpaper-utils libpcap0.8 libpq5 libprinterconf0c2a libprintsys libqt4-core libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql librpm4 librsvg2.0-cil libsnmpkit2c2a libsocket6-perl libsqlite0 libsqlite3-0 libstdc++5 libsys-hostname-long-perl libtdb1 libtimedate-perl libttf2 libungif4g liburi-perl libvisual-0.4-plugins libwww-perl libxcomposite1 libxevie1 linuxprinting.org-ppds lsb lsb-core lsb-cxx lsb-desktop lsb-graphics lsb-qt4 lzop mdetect mkisofs mono-common mono-gac mono-jit mono-runtime mysql-common ncompress network-manager-openvpn network-manager-vpnc nmap openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-industrial openssl openvpn oss-compat p7zip p7zip-full pax pconf-detect perl-doc pkg-config po-debconf psfontmgr python-dbus python-imaging python-reportlab python-xml qt4-qtconfig rpm rsync samba-common sane-utils smbclient spamassassin spamc tdb-dev tomboy unace vpnc wbritish x-ttcidfont-conf the Well, this is entirely too much cruft for me to try to analize, but --without-recommands uses 1698MB and --with-recommands uses 2047MB. Can the recommends possibly be worth a 17% size increase for the desktop install? web-server: debconf-utils file libcompress-zlib-perl libfont-afm-perl libhtml-format-perl libmailtools-perl libtimedate-perl perl-doc -- see shy jo
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