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On 09/05/14 17:20, Micha³ Górny wrote: |
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> Dnia 2014-09-05, o godz. 16:30:43 |
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> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o> napisa³(a): |
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> |
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>> On 09/05/14 16:08, Micha³ Górny wrote: |
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>>> Dnia 2014-09-05, o godz. 12:34:11 |
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>>> William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> napisa³(a): |
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>>> |
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>>>> there is a bug open requesting that we add sys-apps/iproute2 to the |
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>>>> system set [1]. Originally the request was to drop net-tools, but it has |
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>>>> become just adding iproute2. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> If no one objects, I would like to do this sometime in the next 72 |
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>>>> hours by adding sys-apps/iproute2 to profiles/default/linux/packages. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Thoughts? |
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>>> I object. We should be keeping towards making @system as small |
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>>> as possible, not adding random packages there just because someone |
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>>> happens to use them often. |
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>>> |
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>> I don't like to say no when people want something, but I think here I'm |
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>> with Michal. My idea of @system is that it must be the bare minimum to |
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>> have a "working" system. And for a working system you need just enough |
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>> toolchain, networking and python to be able to bootstrap into whatever |
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>> you want to build from that point. We already have net-tools, so |
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>> iproute2 is not needed. |
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> Even better, @system is basically stuff you don't want to depend |
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> explicitly on or on which it is hard to depend on. As I see it, it |
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> should be just the most basic stuff, like baselayout, shell, some basic |
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> POSIX-defined utilities, some random stuff that PMS enforces, a C & C++ |
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> compiler. |
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> As I see it, @system is already overburdened with random packages that |
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> don't belong there. If we really feel like having to have something |
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> else installed by default, why not just put it in default @world? |
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> |
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I also don't want to see the stage3 tarballs bloated. So I don't want |
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to see net-tools and iproute2 ending up in our stage3's. |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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