[@core] working definition for the minimal package set

[Tomas Mraz]

On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 11:37 -0500, Seth Vidal wrote: 
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> On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Matthew Miller wrote:
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> > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:29:34AM -0500, Seth Vidal wrote:
> >> I think ssh has to be in the mix. Of ths systems I use/maintain/etc
> >> very few of them are ones I actually have a reliable console to.
> >> If ssh isn't there, I have to add it just to get the system set up.
> >
> > Yeah: if we get to the point where every real install has to add the same
> > subset of packages to core, I don't think we've succeeded in doing anything
> > except make more work for the whole world.
> >
> > A cron daemon and (at least basic) MTA fall in the same area, I think.
> > But what about ssh-clients?
> >
> > Is there a reasonable yardstick rule we can make, or is it pragmatically
> > best to just make per-package decisions?
> >
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> so - imo
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> openssh-clients is required, yes - b/c w/o them scp doesn't work. :-/

Perhaps scp could be moved to the base openssh package then.

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Tomas Mraz
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