On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:31:08AM -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > 2) Anybody who manages to not have the metapackages installed, > and gets xinit but not xbase-clients, may end up wondering > where that stuff is, and will file bugs instead of RTFM'ing.
What about upgrades? Initial installs probably aren't a problem, but people upgrading without metapackages will get xbase-clients and not xinit! (thus preventing them from starting X at all, at least using the common methods) The usual way to handle this problem would be to make xbase-clients a dummy package which depends on the "xinit" package and xbase-clients - xinit (could be called, eg, xbase-clients-nonessential?) The rest of your proposal looks like you're against this solution, though. Daniel -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | "Don't underestimate the power of the force." | | -- D. Vader | \----------------- The Turtle Moves! -- http://www.lspace.org ----------------/
