distrowatch comment: "Ubuntu Breezy Badger - is it too dumbed down? "

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Scott wrote:

> Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>>> Did "build-essential" become a huge package overnight?  I can't see how
>>> adding it would make the project "lose focus".
>>
[snip]

>>
>> It's on the CD, ready to install as soon as you need it, without the
>> need
>> for access to the network.
>>
>> - Jeff
>
>
> Franky that's irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.
>
> Any software I want that's not installed by default I get from the
> repositories.  It's just easier than having to insert a CD later.
>
> My point still stands. It should be part of the default installation.

Having build-essential itself installed by default is scarcely of value,
you would need the -dev headers and potentially also debugging symbols
etc. to make it useful. And that *is* a lot of space.

Mark