Re: [Mentalunix-developers] More requirements:

[Clinton E. <men...@cr...>]

On 27 Dec 2000, at 15:20, Alan Grimes wrote:

> UL - NO POINTLESS REDUNDANCY. When you have a good text editor that is
> ESASY TO LEARN and SIMPLE TO OPERATE. You don't need VI or anything
> else. Therefore this distribution should maintain only one GOOD
> version of anything.
>
? I am confused. Users need choice. The base system will either have 
nano or mcedit, to avoid the emacs / vi war. Then, vi and emacs will 
both be optional packages.
 
> M - Good mechanisms for version controll should be implemented and
> excessive BLOAT such as the X windowing system should be removed and
> distributed as SEPERATE packages. NOT EVERYTHING IS LINUX, THERE IS A
> SEPERATE CATEGORY FOR *PROGRAMS* THAT AREN'T LINUX. Don't cram
> everything into one product. =(
> 
A distribution is more than just the OS. It is the suite of programs 
that make the OS(which is GNU + linux in our case) useful. Programs 
like X will be optional. Like in most distributions. Of course, our 
install won't be very newbie friendly until I can do some decent X 
programming..but when it is, there will be a new user install(that 
installs the stuff the average user would want..execept they would 
choose from home, business, development, or server installs) and a 
custom install(choose all of the tasks / individual packages if you 
like). So, even an automated install wouldn't install everything like 
some do(*cough*mandrake*cough*), but just what the user should need 
for their install choice. Because why should a Home or business user 
need Apache at all?
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