Robert Collins wrote: > On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 09:38, Heribert Dahms wrote: > >>what do you think about categories like minimal, typical, (custom), full, >>new, >>with typical as default? >> > > I think there's confusion here: categories are applied to what a package > is or does, not to the particular configuration it may fit into. > > What you are talking about is metapackages, which are implemented via > categories, but need a new screen to allow the choice - simply for user > clarity - as setup.exe can handle those packages now.
Right, but the 'Base' category is both a "category" in the sense you describe, AND a metapackage(sortof) -- simply because everything in 'Base' is automatically installed. Hence "add foo to 'Base'" really means "add foo to 'required' metapackage". But I get what you're saying; 'Base' seems to be THE special case. In all other cases, 'categories' != 'metapackage' --Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
