Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TheMetapackages


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07/06/15 08:17:11 (9 years ago)
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     1= Metapackages = 
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     3Debathena has several "metapackages" -- packages whose sole purpose is to depend on other metapackages.  These metapackages are used to organize Debathena software into various "levels" of Debathena. 
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     5From highest to lowest (that is, each package is a distinct subset of the one above it): 
     6* `debathena-cluster` - for public IS&T-maintained cluster machines.  This is the only maintenance-free option. 
     7* `debathena-workstation` - "private workstations".  People who want their machines to look and feel like cluster machines, but require things like local home directories, different network configurations, etc. 
     8* `debathena-login-graphical` - This really only exists because people had Strong Feelings about the auto-updater in `-workstation`. 
     9* `debathena-login` - Allow remote login of other Athena users (configurable) and AFS homedirs, but no graphical components of Athena and no xsession. 
     10* `debathena-standard` - The lowest level of Debathena -- Given a working Ubuntu or Debian install, enable OpenAFS and things like "add", "attach", etc.  No AFS homedir support (that is -- you can get to /mit/yourusername, but it cannot be $HOME) 
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     12These are typically referred to by their suffix (`cluster`, `workstation`, `-login`, etc).  `-standard` itself consists of other metapackages like `clients` and `locker`, but really nobody should be running those on their own.  Of course, once you have installed a metapackage, you can add other packages yourself.  I can install `debathena-standard`, and then install `debathena-auto-update`, but it would be particularly pointless.  However, you are only running one of the metapackages if that package is installed.  For example, let's say `debathena-login` consists of `debathena-standard` and `debathena-foo`, and `debathena-bar`.  If I install `debathena-standard` and then install `-foo` and `-bar` manually, I may have the same functionality as `debathena-login`, but I am **NOT** running `debathena-login`, because if we change the list of packages in `debathena-login`, I won't get those changes.