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[Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:16:34AM -0400, Jeremy Kolb wrote:
> Quoting Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>:
> >
> > The problem with this (while it would be nice for some) is that many use
> > SMGL
> > because it doesn't install much in the beginning. ;) However, you do say
> > that
> > xorg could be optional (such as the NFS and SSH installs), but that would
> > increase the ISO size quite a bit. 
> > 
> > I am not necessary against this as it would be a "nice" feature, but 
> > others
> > may
> > not like it.
> > 
> > What do people think of adding xorg (and only xorg, not xfree86) and,
> > say,
> > blackbox (it's small and fast) as an optional install?
> > 
> > -sandalle
> > 
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> 
> I like having a minimal iso.  When you add X you have to make sure it's
> configured correctly and it adds a lot of stuff to the iso.  It also adds 
> more
> room for problems.
> 
> Jeremy
> 

I agree, keep the iso small. We do have net based installs in the
development queue which would involve downloading the cache tarballs
from the web, and having only a small iso or floppy image to boot from,
at which point adding xorg and a wm as an optional package would be
cheaper as it wouldn't unnecessarily bloat the iso.

Perhaps as a compromise we can add a note to the install wiki
"if you really need to get work done, you might want to install X + a wm
before embarking on the update/rebuild."