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  • From: Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>
  • To: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>, sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] smgl-0.7-pre1 thoughts
  • Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:02:25 +1000

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:29, Andrew wrote:
> the old iso had it in /var/spool/sorcery but also asked about it...
> It doesnt seem like too much extra complexity, just a menu somewhere
> do you need dhcpcd? (for dynamic ip addresses)
> do you need pcmcia-cs? (are you using pc cards?)
> do you need rp-pppoe? (do you use pppoe)
>
> whatever questions are answered yes equate to a cast, pretty simple
> unless theres something im missing.

I would rather have to cast some stuff than have to remove stuff after the
install, i still think all net related sources and kernel sources should be
included in the ISO

> The sources should exist in /var/spool/sorcery on the image, but i dont
> see a reason to have them installed too.

Agreed


> > The compiling tools like auto*, libtool, and nasm... I would expect them
> > to come up quite a bit. I think they should be there.
>
> I dont because they arent strictly necessary.

This is why we have dependencies, they aren't part of the basesystem so they
get cast when needed and shouldn't be on the ISO IMO

> >sysklogd for
> > security reasons I'd like to include by default. At least one standard
> > system logger. It can be dispelled but I would highly suggest against
> > it. The new init system might even require it.
>
> the init system doesnt need it (although it used to until i complained)

I think installing one of three alternates by default is wrong. Even if we
decide a syslogger should be in basesystem we should still have a choice of
which one to use.

> the fs tools should stay on the iso, but seem unnecesary on the image. One
> solution would be to remember what file systems the user formatted and
> install only the corresponding fstools. Just an idea.

Whichever is the smaller of the sources or binary cache should be included on
the ISO and either cast or resurected when needed.

> > The most
> > important thing is to keep the iso about/under 180 mb to keep it on the
> > small CD size for me, personally.
>
> I agree, small iso's are good. all the more reason to strip things down :)
>
No argument
Hamish
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