Re: [arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 8:14 AM Jonathan Steel via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

I think we should have created a "minimal" group rather than repurposing the base one. Then as a separate issue to tackle, add "kernel" and "editor" etc to the base group which would prompt the user to choose, or if non-interactive install the first listed.

Yes indeed. I too think this would be so much less of a breaking change. I think this is more sane than changing 'base' as it is already done and then providing a 'base-extras'. But, it is already done, so I don't know.