Guide to comps.xml and friends

[dan]

Ed Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 15:19, dan wrote:
> 
>>Klaus Steden wrote:
>>
>>>>Right now, I'm trying to prune Base and Core a bit, to see if I can get 
>>>>an even smaller install.  I'll let you all know how it goes.
> 
> ...
> 
>>>for the life of me some of what is considered 'basic' stretches the
>>>definition somewhat.
> 
> ...
> 
>>It's my goal to remove 
>>every single item that is not completely essential to doing a short list 
>>of very specific tasks.
> 
> 
> It would be great to see RedHat pare the Base and Core groups, to be
> able to start a server installation from a 'more' minimal set, rather
> than have to try to work backwards from the default install (base and
> core), which surely no one could defend as minimal.  But while there is
> definitely some low-hanging fruit, after about 10-20 rpms, the
> difficulty of trying to define the 'completely essential' set is
> directly proportional to the number of people with a vote, and even if
> you're the only one, it's still hard deciding 'completely essential' vs.
> 'practical, convenient'.  
> I'd be interested in seeing the lists people come up with.
> 
> -Ed
> 
> 

Ed -

Yes, of course other people have different ideas of what 'completely 
essential' was.  I'm just doing this in an effort to learn a bit about 
it in the process, and to see what I can get away with.

My findings are surely nothing that anyone should abide by, but they are 
welcome to use them when I am complete.

Thanks
-dant