On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 05:46:13PM -0700, Andreas Raab wrote:
.... have the packages in full be redistributed alongside the basic image so that if people want to they can easily upgrade their basic to full image (incidentally I wouldn't mind a full snapshot of SM either - just something so that it's very clear which version has been used and where to get it).
Isn't this what Lex is proposing with his "Universes" idea? A "snapshot" of some subset of SM at some known configuration, from which you can select packages and be reasonably confident that you have grabbed the right ones.
Dave