[Fedora-packaging] default package list

[Bill Nottingham]

Kevin (king.feruke at gmail.com) said: 
> Hi, Is there a minimal list of packages that are installed by default
> for every fedora install?

Not as such; there is the core package group, which is (for Fedora 15):
 acl
 attr
 audit
 authconfig
 basesystem
 bash
 biosdevname
 coreutils
 cpio
 cronie
 cronie-anacron
 dhclient
 e2fsprogs
 fedora-release
 file
 filesystem
 glibc
 initscripts
 iproute
 iprutils
 iptables
 iptables-ipv6
 iputils
 kbd
 libgcc
 ncurses
 openssh-server
 passwd
 policycoreutils
 procps
 readline
 rootfiles
 rpm
 rsyslog
 selinux-policy-targeted
 sendmail
 setserial
 setup
 shadow-utils
 systemd
 sudo
 util-linux
 vim-minimal
 yum

Plus, on relevant architectures:
 efibootmgr
 grub
 ppc64-utils
 s390utils
 silo
 yaboot


However, there are caveats:

1) This list is solved for dependencies. So, the actual package list ends up
   being larger.
2) The administrator/user is free to customize the package set afterwards,
   so not all of these packages may remain installed.

Bill