Hi, On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:07:58 +0200 Sandro Mani <manisandro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > From time to time, when setting up virtual machines for testing, I miss a > fast way to install the minimal set of packages which allows me to boot > into the desktop of a desktop environment. Currently, I do a minimal > install, then install some core component, i.e. gnome-shell, and then hunt > the logs to find out which other packages are missing. Tried that a couple of times. Not a fan. Ever since, I rather install the XFCE spinoff as it has subjectively fewest unnecessary packages and go on from there. > So, what about creating groups for the various desktop environments which > pull in basesystem + xorg + mesa drivers + displaymanager + bare desktop > shell? Either that, or I could imagine something like a Minimal-GUI spin. Not sure if the demand for it would be high enough to be worth the effort, though. > > Advantages I see are: > * Users can quickly set up test environments for various desktop > environments > * It would make side-by-side installation of desktop environments more > pleasant > * It might help considering enabling the yum option > "clean_requirements_on_remove=1" by default, since even if something goes > wrong, the user will not end up with a missing desktop next time he or she > reboots > * It might help fixing some package dependencies > > Opinions? Generally +1. TR -- Tomas Radej <tradej@xxxxxxxxxx> -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
