[arch-dev-public] Repository cleanup [current] and [base] --> [core], this weekend!

[Thomas Bächler]

This thread has become loooong, took me a while to read.

Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
> it's quite a long time ago we had a dev meeting, but i think there were quite 
> some agreement what [core] should be and we should start doing this soon.
> Our next ISOs shouldn't have the big current anymore only ftp and [core].

Good!

> [non-free] repository
> we should add a non-free repository with stuff that is not freely 
> distributable, like acroread, sun java, firmware files, flash etc.
> this cleanup would affect [extra] and [current]
> that way we could finally have cds of [extra] too without getting into 
> trouble.

As mentioned above by someone else, we shouldn't do that now! One step
at a time, care about core now.

> [core] repository
> should be like [base] + some extra stuff
> the question is: what is extra stuff?
> imho, it should be everything that is needed for networking
> free kernel network modules
> free wlan stuff
> all supported main filesystems

I am generally fine with your list, we just should put them in categories:

[core]
-> base:
everything in our current/base except gcc, auto*, pkgconfig and
 such (make base smaller)
-> devel:
the gcc, auto*, pkgconfig
-> support: (=stuff you may need to get the system running)
ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-utils
wlan-ng26
rt2500
madwifi
madwifi-utils
bcm43xx-fwcutter
These are the ones you added, I'd like to add ipw3945, ipw3945d,
ipw3495-ucode, iwlwifi, iwlwifi-{3945,4965}-ucode, rt2x00 and any other
network driver or firmware we are allowed to add (Intel is okay with it,
who else is?)

fuse
ntfs-3g
iptables
dosfsutils
ntfsprogs
-kexec-tools (you added that, we don't need that here)
snarf
dnsutils
hdparm
bridge-utils
ifenslave
xinetd
portmap
nfsidmap
nfs-utils
openssh
netkit-telnet
screen
isdn4k-utils
capi4k-utils
ppp (move it from base)
rp-pppoe (move from base)
pptpclient
vpnc
openvpn
wpa_supplicant (move from base)

> everything else from [current] should be moved to [extra].
> your opinions, lets get something done this weekend.

Okay.


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