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Subject: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:57 +0100
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To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Hi,

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:

> IMHO Guix should mimic what Debian is doing in this particular case.
> Meaning having desktop packages that contain a =E2=80=9Cfull=E2=80=9D des=
ktop with
> default applications for common usages.
>
> This would consist in adding =E2=80=98libreoffice=E2=80=99 and replacing =
=E2=80=98epiphany=E2=80=99 with
> =E2=80=98icecat=E2=80=99 in the =E2=80=98gnome=E2=80=99 package.  Additio=
nally a =E2=80=98gnome-core=E2=80=99 package
> (or =E2=80=98gnome-minimal=E2=80=99 which seems to be the name convention=
 chosen by
> Guix) could be created with the minimal set of packages required to have
> a working GNOME desktop, for OCD people that don't like having unused
> packages installed.

Hmm, OK.  Do you think it=E2=80=99s too much to ask, given the current audi=
ence
(tinkerers), to add those packages to their config, or to install them
with =E2=80=9Cguix package -i=E2=80=9D?

Admittedly this is a very subjective issue.

Ludo=E2=80=99.