Request for review - new desktop groups

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Aug 18 02:41:07 UTC 2012


Kevin Kofler wrote:

> Bill Nottingham wrote:
>> As part of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups,
>> I've been working on redoing some of the groups that make up installation
>> choices in anaconda. The idea is to offer a simpler interface, where the
>> user simply selects which environment they want to run in, plus options
>> for that environment.
> 
> So my suggestion, based also on today's discussion on IRC (about matching
> the current KDE branding and release practices, which are moving more and
> more away from the old software compilation) is to have:
> 
> toplevel group: KDE Plasma Desktop
>   contains basically only kde-workspace
> 
> options (subgroups): a kde-* version of each desktop app group, e.g.
> kde-internet-apps etc.
> 
> Some of the options would be enabled by default, some not.

That's approximately what I had in mind too, I'll see if I can work up a 
concrete proposal (and patch) this weekend.

-- rex



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