[2547] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: comment and questions about the current 'comps' file for 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Tue Feb 9 17:56:40 1999
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Feb 1999 15:15:42 EST."
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 17:56:24 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> we want to have installed by default. I was wondering if we should
> remove the 'lpr' package more thoroughly? I don't know how much it
> conflicts with athena-lpr, in particular in the Printer Support
> component.
We want to have local printer support available
and easy to set up using printtool. For this,
the local lpr stuff is possibly crucial.
I could be wrong, but it's worth testing.
> Also, I was wondering if we should add a 'java' component to make it
> easier to install kaffe. Comments? I was also wondering if we should
> make sure that every package is in at least one component. Currently
> that is not the case.
Aieee! Please, please, please don't install kaffe, java, or guavac
by default. People can use Java out of the Java locker. I spent
many hours last Spring helping people remove those packages from
their Linux systems as they randomly interferred with stuff
in the Java locker and made it a huge pain for the 6.170 courseware
to work properly...
Erik
