kalyxo-office task package

Hi there,

Today I put together a metapackage for (kalyxo-office) based on the 
"Workstation App list" thread in the archives, and the 
user-linux-desktop package. Plus a couple I threw in. I followed the 
Wiki page Bruce posted the other day to create the metapackage.  These 
are the control file dependencies:

Depends: cupsys, cupsys-client, cupsomatic-ppd, gimp, gimp-data-extras, 
gimp-manual, gimp-perl, gimp-python, gimpprint-doc, gimpprint-locales, 
hylafax-client, hylafax-doc, mozilla-browser, ooqs-kde, openoffice.org, 
openoffice.org-mimelnk, openoffice.org-thesaurus, xpdf, smbclient, 
smbfs, nfs-common, wine, wine-doc, wine-utils, winesetuptk, 
x-ttcidfont-conf, kdm, kdebase, kopete, kaddressbook, kalarm, 
kdepim-kfile-plugins, kdepim-kio-plugins, kgpgcertmanager, kmail, kfax, 
konqueror, kget, krdc, krfb, scribus, kdict, ksnapshot, kcolorchooser, 
kcontrol, kedit, kdirstat, k3b, kprinter, kooka, kmix, kscd, kmines, 
kpat, frozen-bubble :-)

The test setup goes like this:
- Sarge default net install (2/18/04 snapshot).  [1]
- Reboot into base-config.
- Edit sources.list for local apt-proxy cache (sarge/sid). [2]
- Tasksel X Window System only.
- Install kalyxo-office deb.  [3]
- Debconf stuff.
- Reboot to KDE :-)
It takes about 35 minutes total, from booting the d-i cd to kde login.

Thoughts on the process -

-  Thanks to Bruce and others, building the task package is super quick.  
It was by far the easiest part of the process. So, if we want the whole 
list changed, more metapackages created, whatever, it's easy.  It's the 
install-from-scratch with each new deb that chews up time.

-  I'm not that satisfied with the end result for an office/enterprise 
desktop.  For instance, I'd rather not have Exim or Mutt installed at 
all (and some others from the default Sarge install).  I tried four or 
five different builds, removing more packages each time. Finally got 
one that didn't pull any strange packages in, and seems to function 
correctly.  The new KDE3.2 menus will be a nice improvement.

-  Where are we going with task packages?  Still want different Office, 
Wkstn, Devel packs?  Wait for KDE3.2 to get to sid before more testing?

That's all for now, bye.
-Liz

[1]  Third snapshot in a row where base-config reboots during BIOS probe 
on the new hardware I purchased :-(  Finally gave up and moved the test 
to an older PC that works.
[2]  Slow link here. Downloading kde3.2 overnight tonight for testing 
later.
[3]  Didn't set up the apt repository. dpkg -i plus apt-get -f install 
works fine.  The package pulls in about 250 files/200mb.
wget http://www.kandew.com/kalyxo-office_0.01-1_all.deb