Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug
From: Robert Collins <[email-masked]>
To: Charles Wilson <[email-masked]>
Cc: Heribert Dahms <[email-masked]>, Mark Jones <[email-masked]>, Stephano Mariani <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: 28 Nov 2001 09:55:30 +1100

On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 09:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:

> > What you are talking about is metapackages, which are implemented via
> > categories, but need a new screen to allow the choice - simply for user
> > clarity - as setup.exe can handle those packages now.
> 
> 
> Right, but the 'Base' category is both a "category" in the sense you 
> describe, AND a metapackage(sortof) -- simply because everything in 
> 'Base' is automatically installed.
> 
> Hence "add foo to 'Base'" really means "add foo to 'required' metapackage".
> 
> But I get what you're saying; 'Base' seems to be THE special case.  In 
> all other cases, 'categories' != 'metapackage'
> 

Thanks for putting so clearly Chuck, yes that is what I am saying.

Rob

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