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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> what might be interesting is if we had a "Gentoo default" set which is what |
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> would come in a stage3 rather than the current "stage3 is the system set". |
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> then we could move virtual/ssh out of the system set and into the "Gentoo |
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> default" set so it'd be easier for people to drop/etc... but i'm not familiar |
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> enough with the portage support atm to say how feasible such an idea would be. |
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I see system about resolving the circular dependency issue - not as |
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installing useful apps. After all, the system set doesn't even |
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include a kernel! |
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>> sys-apps/kbd |
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> this controls keyboard mappings and fonts on the console. while the default |
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> is probably OK for the USians, most everyone else wants to tweak these. |
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I tend to agree that this is closer to a system dependency. Even my |
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initramfs example might have a need for interactive input, and that |
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means a working keyboard layout. As a US user I can be spoiled by the |
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defaults, but I appreciate the value of this. |
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>> sys-apps/texinfo |
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> i personally detest info pages, but we end up needing texinfo by many many |
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> packages just to *build* the info pages. |
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Still probably something better placed in DEPEND. However, as I've |
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said before purging the system set is an aspirational goal and we |
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don't need to have a big debate over this right now. |
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Rich |