On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 21:30 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 20:48, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > > > But 'everything' includes things that aren't in any other set. > > > > > > > Exactly. > > Everything means *_everything_* in the distribution release. > > I know what it currently means. I just doubt that it is what > very many people actually want so it doesn't make sense as > the only special case that includes all the programs. Reasonable > defaults are always a good thing. > > > If you want *almost* everything then use the custom install and select > > all you want and leave out what you don't. > > OK, so it is possible to get what most people would want by making > thousands of individual selections involving programs they > don't know anything about yet... How many people who picked > English at that first dialog really need cannaserver running > all the time? > The same logic applies to selecting *everything*. How many people really want a LOT of stuff they don't know and that takes up a lot of drive space? And, BTW, it is not thousands by any means.
