Quel Qun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > here's some facts:
> > - some users (you're one of them) want hdparm
> > - hdparm is not required to bootstrap a mandrake linux system
> > - minimal installed system should be as small as possible
> >
> > why do you want to force other people to have hdparm installed
> > only because you want it ?
>
> No, because I used it quite often and, I am sure, will use it again.
"mr X use software Y"
does not imply
"soft Y installation should be forced"
> I could not use my dvd drive until I turned dma use on, so in a way it
> is necessary to boot my system.
no since:
- dma drive access is not generally needed to boot a system
- having dma off usually does not prevent to access a dvd drive
- the same effect can be more safely achieved by passing the right
parameter to the kernel (eg xxx=autotune, xxx=dma, and so on)
> The disc space used by the files contained in the package once
> installed is 88KB. I don't know the size of the overhead on the smp
> kernel, but it is surely much bigger.
the point is not the size of that package : the point is not to force
people having uneeded packages. we've a french proverb saying that
"little brooks make big rivers" ...
this is the idea that enable to have install below 100mb (unlike some
non modular well knonw commercial os that force you to occupy 700mb of
hd)
> I really think it should be included by default on an expert
> install.
ther
> After a fresh install, everyone is going to check the drives parameters,
> even if it is to remove the rpm after that if space is critical.
> If I am the only one, that's fine, I can also install it manually.
we both agree on that point.
