On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/25/2015 09:17 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> >> >> I remember the group selection, I did not remember that individual >> packages were selectable. > > > Once you'd selected a group, you could open up the list of programs. That's Fedora 17 and older. And the interface was unreliable. You'd uncheck packages, but because something else actually required them they'd still be installed. The whole package thing is beyond nutty for users to be involved in anyway. Dealing with them as metapackages, as an "application" or suite, is a lot more intuitive and efficient both at the front and back end of things. > Generally speaking there was a core group of programs and a list of optional > extras. As an example, there was a text editor group that always gave you > vi (or maybe vim) but also allowed you to install joe, pico, nano and so on > if that's what you really wanted. dnf groups install Editors That's a hidden group, so it's 'dnf groups list hidden' which I think is more than a bit buried. I suggested a Software add-on that'd show groups with appstream data (nice icon, description, glue, etc), and possibly some of these groups need adjusting. I don't see pico, nano, or joe in Editors group. *shrug* But doing it by individual packages is harder I think. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
