[Rule-list] breaking the applist out of slinky boot disk

[hairylarry]

Devon,

I like the way you break the lists of rpms down by functions allowing 
users to choose laptop support, network support, etc.

These lists, laptop_packages, network_packages, etc. could reside 
in their own .gz and be extracted when rpm.gz is extracted. This 
would take them out of the 1.44 meg boot disk constraint equation.

More importantly it breaks the app list out of the installer testing not 
requiring a new version of the installer for every app list to be tested. 
It will make it much easier for testers to vary the app list while we are 
testing which packages run well under rule with 8 meg, 16 meg, etc.

It also will enhance long term functionality allowing installers to 
easily modify these lists for their requirements. Testers and users 
could post different app lists making it easy for them to trade their 
preferred installs.

On the downside it is an extra file.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Larry