[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [configs/releng] Add four packages to live-enviroment

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:17:58 -0300
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> On 08/19/2011 04:38 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:34:12 -0300
> > Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>  wrote:
> >
> >> core/linux-atm:
> >>      * This was present in 2010.05
> >>      * Optionally needed by iproute2. Needed for ATM connections.
> >>
> >> extra/irssi:
> >>      * Requested by Florian Pritz
> >>         http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2011-July/001853.html
> >>
> >> extra/smartmontools:
> >>      * Requested by Thomas Mudrunka
> >>         https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25633
> >>
> >> extra/mtools:
> >>      * This was present in 2010.05
> >>      * Optionally dependency of syslinux. Needed if want to install
> >> syslinux on vfat.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>
> >> ---
> >>   configs/releng/packages.i686   |    4 ++++
> >>   configs/releng/packages.x86_64 |    4 ++++
> >>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.i686
> >> b/configs/releng/packages.i686 index a7427aa..27db22c 100644
> >> --- a/configs/releng/packages.i686
> >> +++ b/configs/releng/packages.i686
> >> @@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ hdparm
> >>   inetutils
> >>   ipw2100-fw
> >>   ipw2200-fw
> >> +irssi
> >>   lftp
> >>   lilo
> >> +linux-atm
> >> +mtools
> >>   netcfg
> >>   nfs-utils
> >>   nilfs-utils
> >> @@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ parted
> >>   pptpclient
> >>   rp-pppoe
> >>   rsync
> >> +smartmontools
> >>   speedtouch
> >>   tcpdump
> >>   vpnc
> >> diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> >> b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64 index a7427aa..27db22c 100644
> >> --- a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> >> +++ b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
> >> @@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ hdparm
> >>   inetutils
> >>   ipw2100-fw
> >>   ipw2200-fw
> >> +irssi
> >>   lftp
> >>   lilo
> >> +linux-atm
> >> +mtools
> >>   netcfg
> >>   nfs-utils
> >>   nilfs-utils
> >> @@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ parted
> >>   pptpclient
> >>   rp-pppoe
> >>   rsync
> >> +smartmontools
> >>   speedtouch
> >>   tcpdump
> >>   vpnc
> > big -1 on irssi. if you want to irc, you have networking, and you
> > can `pacman -S<whichever client you want>`.
> 
> Then in the same situation we have already elinks, lftp, curl, nmap,
> and others...

hmmm. I don't know, I think irssi goes a step further then those.
an irc client is also more personal then a text browser, I think.
I would use whichever of lynx/links/elinks/.. is available but if I want to use irc,
I rather download the client of my choice.
Although I can imagine some people also prefer fetching the textbrowser of their choice.

But, a different argument:
in how many cases is an irc client needed from an installation cd?  Does that justify the added size?
Especially if it's just a 'pacman -S' away.

Anyway, you're in charge of archiso, do whatever you want :)

Dieter