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

[Sandro Mani]

On 29.04.2013 20:42, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 07:49:23PM +0200, Sandro Mani wrote:
>> I would define minimal as the absolute minimal set of packages which
>> allows the shell to load. This resulting setup is not meant to be
>> usable without the user installing additional packages he or she
>> wishes. So such groups would not be meant for "normal" users
>> (whatever that means), but for developers and power-users which want
>> to build up their setup from the bottom up.
> How about a lightweight desktop environment (it would just come with
> twm/fvwm or similar plus a terminal - I'm sure this exists already)?
> Does it need to be a minimal GNOME or KDE?
>
> Rich.
>
I think that would correspond more or less to the basic-desktop group 
which already exists? But no, my idea would be to provide a foundation 
for a setup based on Desktop Environment XY.