Make that "Everything" I've asked for...

[Jeff Vian]

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.