On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 09:57:06AM -0700, Rick Jones wrote: > In my case, 99 times out of ten it is a case of "Sit at the console > and do the install, when it completes walk back to my desk in > another building, try to login and realize 'Damn, I didn't get an > ssh server installed' and go back to do so." Good for exercise, not > so good for frustration level. Were I dealing exclusively with > Debian installs, perhaps my creaky wetware would become conditioned > to "the install isn't complete until you apt-get install > openssh-server" but I deal with three other distros and at least two > other operating systems where this isn't an issue.
The thing is, it used to be not an issue on Debian, either, where you could just deselect the tasks and say "Please give me the horribly confusing list of all available packages, and I'll make my own selection". It might be nice to bring that option back, but only in expert mode, or so. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
