Dreaming of a lean installation method [was Re: *nix on

11 Apr 2007

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   > ClassicBSD would need to be about 'have to
have' functionality,
> not 'nice to have' functionality.  The problem, of course, is, whose
idea of "have to have" controls?  This is an easy problem to solve. 
Resist the temptation to bundle
 non-OS software with the OS. 
That doesn't really solve anything; all it does is shift the debates to
the question of what counts as part of the OS.

For exmaple, I consider a C compiler part of the OS.  Others will
doubtless disagree.  Some would consider perl part of the OS; I don't.

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Dreaming of a lean installation method [was Re: *nix on