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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:52:33 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
CC: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>,
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   Stephano Mariani <sk DOT cygml AT btinternet DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug
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Robert Collins wrote:

> On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 09:38, Heribert Dahms wrote:
> 
>>what do you think about categories like minimal, typical, (custom), full,
>>new,
>>with typical as default?
>>
> 
> I think there's confusion here: categories are applied to what a package
> is or does, not to the particular configuration it may fit into.
> 
> 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'

--Chuck



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