On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:14:51PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
So do we really need these acres of 'optional' packages in
comps? I
mean, there are 2519 of them in comps-f30.xml.in. That's a lot. I
suspect no-one's looked whether most of them make any sense for years.
There are entire groups that are *nothing but optional packages*,
making them almost entirely useless.
+1, drop 'em.
Long (or, in my dreams, medium) term, I want to see the things that are now
"Labs" be instead software bundles that can be installed via GNOME Software
and other tools. I think these kind of functional bundles are a better
replacement for the old idea of comps (and before that, rpm groups!), and
maybe we could use some, like, more modern and more distributed system for
assembling those.
<packagereq
type="optional">why</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">why3</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">wise2</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">wvs-data</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">xdrawchem</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">xgap</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">xtide</packagereq>
<packagereq type="optional">zenon</packagereq>
can anyone even guess what package group that is?
From the packages, I guess something sciency? (Cheats...) Yes, Engineering
and Scientific. So, exactly something that seems suited to a functional
bundle.
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Matthew Miller
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