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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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