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        !             2: * New changes to RPM list (bare minimal set for LON-CAPA) *
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        !             4: 
        !             5: Guy and Isaac kindly took time to go through the rpm package
        !             6: listings and pencil in their thoughts about how things were
        !             7: connected as well as suggesting modifications.
        !             8: 
        !             9: So, to continue this thread of discussion so that we
        !            10: can nail this down as "done", these are my responses.
        !            11: Perhaps we finalize this at next week's meeting?
        !            12: 
        !            13: +=agreement; -=disagreement; ?=still pondering
        !            14: 
        !            15: (To quelch any confusion, the words following the '+-?' character
        !            16: represent my current opinion).
        !            17: 
        !            18: (You can view the last rpm_list.txt file in the CVS doc repository).
        !            19: (This file is stored in rpm_list_discuss.txt in the CVS doc repository).
        !            20: 
        !            21: + Need to add ssh support
        !            22: + Need to add ImageMagick package
        !            23: + Do not need tetex-dvilj
        !            24: + Do not need tetex-xdvi
        !            25: + Will keep tetex-afm
        !            26: - do not need any X-based applications like
        !            27:   gftp or gv (since the bare minimal set does not support
        !            28:   X-windows; it's just a server)
        !            29: ? krb5-libs; krb5-config
        !            30:   Gerd indicated the desire to stick with the current from-
        !            31:   source-compilation of kerberos.  I probably should test
        !            32:   out these RPMs anyway on one of the machines that does not
        !            33:   yet have the kerberos functionality implemented with the
        !            34:   zaphod compiled binaries.
        !            35: - do not need telnet or telnet server (security risk)
        !            36: - Let's keep gnupg and gpgp packages.  Support public encryption
        !            37:   and is a "failsafe" way to verify rpm packages and their files on
        !            38:   a RedHat derived system.
        !            39: - ftp could be very useful after a admin ssh's into the system
        !            40:   (ftp is a client app, not a server).  Let's keep ftp.
        !            41: - Let's keep sysreport:
        !            42:   Here is the RPM description..
        !            43:   Sysreport is a utility which gathers information about a system's
        !            44:   hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for
        !            45:   diagnostic purposes and debugging.  Sysreport is commonly used to help
        !            46:   support technicians and developers by providing a "snapshot" of a
        !            47:   system's current layout.
        !            48: - Let's keep ncompress and bzip2.  Standard compression/decompression
        !            49:   utilities.  In the course of maintaining, upgrading a LON-CAPA machine,
        !            50:   it is conceivable that we need to send a bzipped upgrade file (bzip2
        !            51:   is becoming more and more prevalent as I understand it).
        !            52: + Need to add ghostscript-fonts (thanks for pointing it out Isaac).
        !            53: ? cdrecord, cdrecord-devel
        !            54: ? There is a whole host of image manipulation libraries.  Isaac believes
        !            55:   ghostscript relies on some of these, and he's probably right.
        !            56:   libgr libgr-devel libgr-progs libjpeg libjpeg-devel libpng libpng-devel
        !            57:   libungif libungif-devel libtiff libtiff-devel
        !            58: - Let's keep units. (very debatable still..) 
        !            59:   Units converts an amount from one unit to another, or tells you what
        !            60:   mathematical operation you need to perform to convert from one unit to
        !            61:   another.  Units can only handle multiplicative scale changes (i.e., it
        !            62:   can't tell you how to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit, which
        !            63:   requires an additive step in addition to the multiplicative
        !            64:   conversion).
        !            65: 
        !            66:   Units is a handy little program which contains a large number of
        !            67:   conversions, from au's to parsecs and tablespoons to cups.  You
        !            68:   probably don't need to install it, but it comes in handy sometimes.
        !            69: - Let's keep routed.
        !            70:   The routed routing daemon handles incoming RIP traffic and broadcasts
        !            71:   outgoing RIP traffic about network traffic routes, in order to
        !            72:   maintain current routing tables.  These routing tables are essential
        !            73:   for a networked computer, so that it knows where packets need to be
        !            74:   sent.
        !            75: 
        !            76:   The routed package should be installed on any networked machine.
        !            77: - Let's keep quota.  (What if, for instance, an instructor creates
        !            78:   stupendously huge quicktime movies?)  Why crash the system?
        !            79:   The quota package contains system administration tools for monitoring
        !            80:   and limiting users' and or groups' disk usage, per filesystem.
        !            81: 
        !            82:   Install quota if you want to monitor and/or limit user/group disk
        !            83:   usage.
        !            84: + Let's get rid of shapecfg.  (It does set traffic bandwidth parameters,
        !            85:   but this probably is ridiculous overhead).
        !            86: - No need for netscape-navigator since, once again, the bare minimal
        !            87:   system will not have X-windows
        !            88: ? cracklib/cracklib-dicts: seriously, there may be a real issue with
        !            89:   instructors picking very-easy-to guess passwords.  Do we want some
        !            90:   level of password enforcement?
        !            91: + Ok ok ok ok.. we'll have man-pages if it makes Guy happy :)
        !            92: - giftrans, not really needed, is it?
        !            93: - sgml-common/libxml/etc, most of the redhat rpms related to sgml and xml
        !            94:   are still in their infancy in terms of providing needed algorithms.
        !            95:   I don't think we are using any of them. Are we?
        !            96: - We don't need imlib or imlib-devel.  It is X-windows specific.
        !            97: