On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 07:31:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In many Linux distributions, Emacs is a high-level installation task, like > > "Games" or "Mail". This makes sense to the average user, who usually either > > wants Emacs or does not. > > For a little amplification, while "Emacs as an editor" may not make > much sense as a task (only a couple packages), a task which installed > most Emacs add-ons might be useful.
I think the general idea is to get Emacs out of standard, since a lot of people don't want it, but still offer it as a straightforward option during the installation process. Currently, the choices for package selection at install time are tasksel and dselect. With the "straightforward" restriction I gave above, tasksel is the only option. Maybe this will change with debian-installer, or some future device. -- - mdz