Andreas,

Monday, December 13, 2004, 2:34:33 AM, you wrote:

AR> In short, we really need to do something to make a "basic" image
AR> which actually deserves the name - if only to keep ourselves
AR> honest with respect to the modularity issues we have anyway. This
AR> is what I consider a "grave mistake" (actually "fallacy" is the
AR> right term to use) - the idea that you can dump all this stuff
AR> into the image and that adding "just a little more" code will make
AR> the problem go away.

It would be nice to have the ability to avoid more packaging issues in
a basic image.  Installing the tool after the damage is done is silly.

Andres.