#1961 PR merged: moved PROGS from GNU/Linux.conf to default.conf REQUIRED_PROGS #892

Labels: enhancement, cleanup, fixed / solved / done

gdha opened issue at 2018-11-09 10:06:

  • Type: Other? Cleaning up code

  • Impact: Low

  • Reference to related issue (URL): #892

  • How was this pull request tested? not tested yet

  • Brief description of the changes in this pull request: move some of the PROGS executables listed up in GNU/Linux.conf to REQUIRED_PROGS in default.conf

jsmeix commented at 2018-11-09 12:58:

@gdha
feel free to move as many of the PROGS to REQUIRED_PROGS
up to any point that you think is reasonable.

In general I would prefer when our users get by default
a rather big and full featured ReaR recovery system
that works on most (possibly different replacement) hardware.

Those cases where the ReaR recovery system should be minimal
must be explicitly specified by the user when he finds out that
the default recovery system is too big in his case.

My reasoning behind is that a by default big recovery system
that works on most hardware causes less severe issues
compared to a by default minimal recovery system.
A too big recovery system wastes some space but when
something essential is missing in the recovery system
it is basically a dead end for the user.

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]