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Re: Keeping base, adding standard.
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
>>> Again, you're inventing another layer that I maintain will only
>>> confuse things.
>>>
>> I see your point.
>
[SNIP]
>
> Red Hat Linux's installation (used to, perhaps still does) separate
> the concept of "Installation Type" and "Individual Package Selection".
> You'd pick "Workstation Install" and that would preselect a bunch of
> pacakges, or you'd pick "Server Install" and that would preselect a
> different set of packages. Of course, there was ALSO the option of
> continuing to the detailed package selection step, where you could
> override those choice: don't install some packages that were
> auto-selected by the Installation Type choice, or DO install other
> packages that were not auto-selected.
So, how about the first(?) page being "Workstation Install", "Server
Install", . . . "Custom Install"?
Hey, looks like many commercial installers that do just that. {Well,
they do "Minimal" "Complete" "Custom", or the like).
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