On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 9:49 PM Genes Lists via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 10/8/19 4:34 PM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote:
Really, I wish we would do as I'd wanted and transfer the "essential packages" which aren't actually essential and were thus not included in base.. to a new *group* called "base-extras", which would reflect its status as being mere recommendations, while providing a convenient way to choose to interactively install them, and allowing the Installation Guide to transition from:
Sounds good to me - do you have a suggested list of packages for base-extras or at least the list of what was pulled from the old base.
Might be good for folks to add those to private install script / meta package until such time as base-extras may be available.
Thanks for mentioning linux-firmware - I just added kernels and a few other items to my own, but I missed that one
Possibly intel-ucode would be very useful for many installs as well? -- mike c