From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 16 05:32:01 2018 Received: (at 25296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jan 2018 10:32:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58091 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ebOXB-0008FS-ES for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:32:01 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:51244) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ebOX9-0008FK-Pp for 25296@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:32:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A9C10D02; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:58 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id QNh6zOUTuT-N; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (unknown [193.50.110.60]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3E6B10CF5; Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:57 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: Re: bug#25296: fully functional desktop installation References: <20161229171045.263747a9@riseup.net> <87bmvpb21m.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7xgwom7.fsf@gnu.org> <87shb8jedn.fsf@gnu.org> <87lggzdzh9.fsf@gnu.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 27 =?utf-8?Q?Niv=C3=B4se?= an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:31:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87lggzdzh9.fsf@gnu.org> (Mathieu Lirzin's message of "Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:26:58 +0100") Message-ID: <87vag2857m.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25296 Cc: Quiliro , 25296@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) Hi, Mathieu Lirzin 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.