RE: Gnome Packaging

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> Most installers I've encountered will generally install 
> whatever packages the distro feels the user should have, 
> unless the user requested to select individual packages.  As 
> you stated, packaging is irrelevant to the distro and to some 
> number of users (not all, however), so for those of us who 
> like a per-package level of customization, why not make Gnome 
> subcategories?  It'll have no effect on those who don't use 
> it, but it will be very helpful to those that do.

How distros allow their users to choose packages, or groups of packages is
entirely controlled by distros.

Murray Cumming
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