An xfce-app-install [was: An xfce-app-finder]

[Jani Monoses]

>
>
> What is your philosophy in this? Install as much xfce related apps as
> possible or keep the install minimized and let people simply add more
> apps with an app-install like application? To me it would seem better to
> keep things minimized to keep working with the often less harddisk space
> on older hardware.


There are not many strictly xfce appplications so all will be installed by
default.
So the install is still minimal although the disk size is not yet  the final
one.
I am wondering what disk requirement we should aim for. Ubuntu is at 1.8 or
2G
currently, al large part of that being a copy of the .deb files to the disk,
besides just
installing them.

The ubuntu way of installing a complete desktop environment with even

some duplications in software is probably a bad idea in this case. The


Ubuntu makes a point of _not_ installing duplicates . We don't either afaik.

CD is the default repository so everybody will have it within reach at
> install time, however I don't known what the live-CD to HD install
> options are with installing more packages from the live CD afterwards.


we'll see once the liveCD is  ready.

It the app-install is just to add the huge apps from gnome and kde
> people should install ubuntu or kubuntu and live with the memory
> footprint they will get anyway by installing those gnome/kde apps on top
> of xfce.
> >


it's not just for kde/gnome apps, it's use beside the easy UI is  for 3rd
party apps outside
the ubuntu repos.


Jani

PS: If you are going to work on for dropping gnome hard-deps take a look at
the most recent update-manager
package to see how to provide an alternative to gconf. (fakegconf.py).
Then coordinate your patches with Michael Vogt.
thanks
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