Hi jef, I'll try to look at this comps.xml file. Can you provide any extra info or tips regarding this ? The "problem" that I find is that there are so many inter dependencies between packages that I found really hard. The other day after a 'minimum'install I created a list with rpm -a and tried to remove unecesseary packages by hand. I gave up after a lot atempts to remove packages that I don't use but are necessary for others that I do :( Since I am newbie at this forgive any naive (ok stupid) remarks, but would be great to have more packages like php suite where I can select the features that I need (php-mysql etc) without having to install the kitchen sink... - mb On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:12:18 -0500, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is installed in a minimal install is controlled to a great extent > by the comps.xml file that defines the groupings of packages. A > community of interested users could easily play with rearranging the > comps.xml file and produce an alternative minimal install to test and > refine. Its not difficult to recreate installable iso images that use > a different comps.xml file. The fact is making minimal more minimal > is a low priority issue for the current developers. Developers have > finite time and you can't blame them for having a set or priorities. > But this issue is something willing and motivated community could hack > at and experiment with in parallel while Core development continues. > > Once the community has a comps.xml that impliments a smaller minimal > install without impacting the desktop or workstation install types... > it could be presented for review and consideration. But its going to > take non-zero work from people who is motivated to making the minimal > install smaller. The sooner people in the community who are > interestied start poking at editing the comps.xml file anaconda > uses... the sooner interested people can test the changes. > > Some people in the community have been focusing on creating a smaller > minimal install by using externally defined kickstart files. But if > you want anaconda's native 'minimal' install to be smaller.. people > will have to start poking at the comps.xml file anaconda uses to see > if things can be reorganized. > > -jef >
