#322: New release criterion: no X libs in the minimal install set ------------------------------+------------------ Reporter: mattdm | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Release criteria | Version: Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | ------------------------------+------------------ = problem =

There are no rules holding us to a sane minimal package set. Features which are added to minimal could pull in the whole universe.

= analysis =

Drawing the line at X11 seems reasonable. (And Wayland.) We can argue at length about what minimal means, but this is a fairly clear line in the sand ''and'' is usually a reasonable split at a package level ''and'' matches our historic practice (see vim packages for example).

= enhancement recommendation =

"No package in the minimal install set may have a dependency chain which includes the libX11, the core X11 library (or its equivalent in Wayland). Packages must split functionality requiring this into subpackages, or be removed from the minimal package set."

My suggestion is to make this an Alpha criterion, so such issues can be resolved early, but I don't have strong feelings on the particular timing.