[arch-releng] [arch-dev] 2009.01 Alpha ISOs

[Dieter Plaetinck]

Gerhard Brauer wrote:
> Am Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:58:02 -0600
> schrieb Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Gerhard Brauer
>> <gerbra at archlinux.de> wrote:
>>     
>>> Am Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:53:05 -0600
>>> schrieb Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Hugo Doria <hugodoria at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> * There's only two categories on "Select Packages". Base and
>>>>> base-devel. And there are some packages with categorie "None";
>>>>>           
>>>> This is new. I'll look into it
>>>>         
>>> This are the default groups since 2006.08. You could/should only
>>> install packages from base (and base-devel) and a few other packages
>>> during first time installation. Pre-2008.06 has groups like default
>>> or "other libs", but these aren't needed.
>>>       
>> I'm just wondering where the "None" packages come from.
>>     
>
> The current installer download only core.db.tat.gz. So each package we
> offer in the installer that don't belongs to a package in core will get
> a "None" as repo source.
> We should investigate this (ex. how aif handle this).
aif handles this probably the same as /arch/setup.  package installation 
stuff is an aspect that has remained pretty much untouched.  But it's on 
my/the todo list :-)

>  But i think it's
> OK, cause we advise the user at this point: install only the base/core
> system (and your absolutely needed additional packages: wlan stuff etc).
>
> But never heard that this "None" status irritates any user...
>
> BTW: Aaron, have you modified the archiso/package.lst for this Alpha
> ISOs (20-Jan-2009 17:53)? I miss dmraid, which we want include.
>
> Gerhard
>   


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