New Comps Groups

[Paul Howarth]

Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 13:37 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Matthew Miller wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:02:13AM +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>> Can't the package checking problem be solved by adding packages that are 
>>>> deliberately not intended to be in comps either to a group that is 
>>>> defined not to show up in the UI (that might need some extra work on the 
>>>> schema and the tools though), or in a completely separate file from the 
>>>> comps file that exists for the purpose of doing this checking?
>>> hidden groups already exist.
>> Isn't this a no-brainer then?
>>
> 
> Only if you assume that it is a good idea to list all packages in comps.
> Some people disagree with that.

The only underlying objection I recall seeing is that adding all 
packages to comps presents too many choices to users, and that problem 
doesn't happen if hidden groups are used; did I miss some other reason?

Paul.