Re: Why is Desktop NetBSD a threat to NetBSD?

[<markucz%gmail.com@localhost>]

>        If changes were made to NetBSD and pkgsrc to better provide
>        an install option for a fully featured desktop system, and
>        they did not affect your use or experience of NetBSD (apart
>        from additional questions in the installer), do you have
>        any objections?

So far I don't understand what kind of users Desktop NetBSD is targeting:
1) users who need some job done without much fuss;
2) new users who want a shiny desktop with all kinds of bells & whistles
and find CLI intimidating.

So far I get the impression it's 2). The wiki says the goal is to have a
"basic, working desktop environment". However, it will require
>    d) ... a modern PC with a single large (>50GB) disk and plenty of RAM.
Eh?! Wasn't it supposed to be "basic"? Not everyone has a modern PC with that
much disk space and lots of RAM. Besides, I don't see how GNOME fits into
this description. It has lots of messy dependencies, the worst of which is
HAL (or so I hear).

>    e) OS branding, x86 only
>
>        Pretty boot screen and progress bar. Aha - now this I would
>        turn off, and I would hope the 'expert' install choice would
>        default it to off.
Fine, as long as it doesn't require tweaking the kernel and bootloader.

>    i) add essential tools into system base
> 
>        Talks about adding a basic text html browser and possibly screen
>        or tmux into the base. I would prefer to see screen left in
>        pkgsrc, though I could go either way on a text html browser in
>        base...
Please don't. There's already another thread about adding ee to base. If you
want simple editor, basic web browser and such like, put them in a separate
set (tools.tgz, utils.tgz, whatever).

I don't object to Desktop NetBSD as such, I just don't want it messing with
the base system and making *any* (significant) changes to /etc. No hard
feelings.

Best regards.