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Subject: Re: Adding a %desktop-packages
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:01:32 +0200
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Hi Joshua,

Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de> skribis:

> This is slightly unrelated, but your email reminded me.
>
> How about we add a %desktop-packages variable?  I remember reading a bug
> report about possibly ungoogled-chromium or some package not working
> properly, because the user did not install a font.  Perhaps if people
> are using a %desktop, there should be some %desktop-packages that most
> users will want installed by default.  Packages would include a web
> browser, one system font, etc.

I think we should address the font issue.  A =E2=80=98%desktop-packages=E2=
=80=99 is
bound to never be satisfactory for anyone because it=E2=80=99s so subjectiv=
e.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.