Re: [Rule-list] Trimming the base package list

[Wade Hampton]

Marco Fioretti wrote:

> KEEP:
> apmd            we will not use this ONLY on old PCs or laptops
> hotplug         same as above

Keep only if a laptop?

> REMOVE
>
> bzip2-libs      are they needed by any planned application?
> openldap        not for desktop use, I guess, on server can be
>                 installed apart
> dhcpcd          same as above
> cyrus-sasl*     same as above
> krb5-libs       same as above
> lilo            why don't just use grub?

MUST leave Lilo as an option.  I have several 1G PIII boxes that
won't boot with grub but work great with Lilo (brand new 1U boxes).

> raidtools       if we had money or need for RAID we wouldn't be
> here...
> ipchains        unless we find out we are forced to a 2.2 kernel
> sendmail        postfix or exim seem definitely more indicated for the
>                 newbie desktop case. Again, servers can install it
>                 later

Good.

> --
> Live for the present, dream of the the future, learn from the past.

Live in the past, to heck with the future, forget the past as it is
irrelevant....
--
Wade