Actually about these "metapackages", what about having a new field in the /var/lib/dpkg/info/available file, the "Keywords:" field? The keywords would be predefined, and it would be _much_ easier to find a package... now, if I don't know the name of a package, I have to grep through the "available" file for the keyword.
Example of keywords: gtop -> gnome pcmcia-cs -> laptop ppp, xisp, fetchmail -> dialup So, if I have a laptop, dselect looks for the laptop keyword and shows me what I could/should install. What do you think? >>>>> "JH" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JH> * The long awaited redesign of the installation profiles has JH> begun. Now there are "metapackages"; packages that depend on a JH> group of packages that relate to a common activity, like playing JH> games or developing C programs. Martin Bialasinski posted a JH> [14]request for help coming up with lists of packages for each JH> metapackage. -- Germano Leichsenring Kobe University
