[@core] working definition for the minimal package set

[Seth Vidal]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Tomas Mraz wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 11:37 -0500, Seth Vidal wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> so - imo
>>
>> 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.
>

Sounds reasonable to me.

-sv