[Mageia-dev] Drakx installer should install task-gnome, not -minimal

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 31 August 2011 11:40, Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl> wrote:
> When I installed Mageia I noticed (due to missing packages), that it
> installed task-gnome-minimal. This was a bit surprising, because I
> assumed it would install full GNOME as I had selected GNOME during the
> install.
>
> Looking through the drakx sources, it seems for KDE4 it:
>  - during an upgrade, checks if it is installed using task-kde4-minimal
>  - BUT: to upgrade it installs task-kde4 (not the minimal one)
>
> So would appreciate if GNOME had the same working:
>  - for upgrade, check for task-gnome-minimal
>  - to perform upgrade, install task-gnome
>
> This seems a bit inconsistent? Not sure of 'CD' space issues though. I
> used the Mageia network boot image (the 40MB or so one) to install
> Cauldron via the internet. IMO if there are space issues, then only the
> CD version should be optimized for space, not the other options. For a
> network install I just want exactly what I select.
>
> Could this be changed?

Why?
This was done for various reasons whereas you didn't bring any
technical argument.