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From: "Matthew Smith" <matts AT bluesguitar DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Keeping base, adding standard.
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:13:10 -0600
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Sounds good to me.

cheers,
-Matt Smith


> Now that we have clickable categories, I think we should consider not
> making "Base" the default installation, defaulting to something like
> "Standard" instead.
> 
> Standard would include things like:
> 
> base +
> bzip2
> bash
> clear
> tcsh
> less
> vim
> telnet
> ssh
> cygrunsrv
> mutt
> perl?
> python?
> shutdown?
> ssmtp
> unzip
> zip
> 
> The rationale is that people can still select a minimal install with
> base but still choose a usable setup with Standard.
> 
> How does this sound?
> 
> cgf
> 


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