Package: tasksel Version: 2.70 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Policy describes the "standard" priority level as:
"These packages provide a reasonably small but not too limited character-mode system. This is what will be installed by default if the user doesn't select anything else. It doesn't include many large applications." which means that in the context of Policy s.2.5, the word "standard" implies command-line interface. However, word has it that some of our users (those heretics! :-)) haven't studied Policy throughtfuly, and might think that "standard" means something like "must-have" [1]. ... which obviously it isn't when you're setting up a GUI-only system for a command-line-impaired user (or even, when the user himself is). In that case you'll most likely want to avoid this task completely, specially since it contains packages (at, exim4, nfs-common, portmap) that launch system daemons, increasing boot time and overall memory usage. I would suggest: --- tasksel-2.70/tasks/standard~ 2007-10-20 03:32:28.000000000 +0200 +++ tasksel-2.70/tasks/standard 2007-11-22 15:08:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Task: standard Section: user -Description: Standard system +Description: Command-line environment This task installs a reasonably small character-mode system. Packages: standard Test-new-install: mark skip -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-amd64 Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
