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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:40:55 +0100
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To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Hi,

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:

> 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 de=
sktop 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.  Additi=
onally a =E2=80=98gnome-core=E2=80=99 package
>> (or =E2=80=98gnome-minimal=E2=80=99 which seems to be the name conventio=
n 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 au=
dience
> (tinkerers), to add those packages to their config, or to install them
> with =E2=80=9Cguix package -i=E2=80=9D?

Definitely not, it is even better for tinkerers to not have those
=E2=80=9Cbloated=E2=80=9D bundles/meta-packages full of defaults they don't=
 like.  :-)

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Mathieu Lirzin
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