Bug 309551

Summary:	Midnight Commander missing in default install
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Michal Svec <msvec>
Component:	Patterns	Assignee:	Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	aj
Version:	Beta 3
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Description Michal Svec 2007-09-11 15:50:45 UTC

Most people are used to just have mc being present, apparently this was
broken again (full DVD default install). There was a lot of criticism
about missing mc in the past, please add it again.

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2007-09-11 16:15:02 UTC

broken again? it's the very same as with 10.2 - you need to select "Console Tools"

Comment 2 Michal Svec 2007-09-11 16:39:10 UTC

Indeed, I must have installed this on my own, not a regression then.
However it might be still good to have it installed by default, if
it's doable, it's an app quite some people use. If not, let's close
this then.

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2007-09-13 10:45:53 UTC

there are many tools quite some people use - e.g. emacs. So no, I don't think we should please everyone with a default.

Comment 4 Felix Miata 2007-09-13 11:55:18 UTC

This is why for rescue CD boots I never use anything but Knoppix. Like others who depend on MC on normal boots, I'm virtually helpless on a command line environment without it, while highly competent with it. The Knoppix people understand the Swiss Army Knife value of MC, which includes:
1-general file manager
2-FTP client
3-Samba client
4-archive and RPM file viewer/extractor
5-editor
6-runs via remote
7-much more

Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2007-09-13 13:23:51 UTC

you will be delighted to hear that you can do your own openSUSE live CDs with kiwi. I highly suggest it.