Idea: "{Gnome,KDE,Xfce,...} Minimal Desktop" groups

[Felix Miata]

On 2013-04-29 15:07 (GMT+0200) Sandro Mani composed:

> 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.

> So, what about creating groups for the various desktop environments which
> pull in basesystem + xorg + mesa drivers + displaymanager + bare desktop
> shell?

> 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?

Would save me lots of time. :-) I really don't like providing space for or 
installing and constantly updating packages that never get used on test 
installations.
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