Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:48:13 -0600 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Archiver packages on FreeBSD CD 1 Message-ID: <20031220204813.11597bcb.shurd@sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <20031221015513.GV27144@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <20031219105400.GA39759@comp.chem.msu.su> <20031219145435.GA31800@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20031220230241.65e83029.itetcu@apropo.ro> <"20031 220173023.1cbf4bf7.shurd"@sasktel.net> <20031221015513.GV27144@toxic.magnesium.net>
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:55:13 -0500 Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > The install CDs (again, my personal opinion) are there only to get you a > > system that you can use... not one that does everything you need > > I think it's prudent to look at CD 1 in a different way. CD 1 is what is > necessary to get the majority of users up and running so that they can > boot into their preferred flavour of FreeBSD, from which they can > install any package they'd like. > > IOW, having unrar on CD 1 isn't a necessity, but having the most common > windowmanagers is. A number of users would be more or less screwed if > KDE or GNOME utilities weren't available to them as soon as they started > up their newly installed system, but one can perfectly well wait until a > new system is booted, swap out CDs, and then install archiving > applications. Right, I think we're saying the same thing here...
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