>> I personally don't like monolithic packages.  [...]
> [...]
> I'd anticipate having a couple of different jumbo-packs, actually.
> An `essentials' one with ssh, perl, pine, emacs, top, etc.,

Here we see one of the problems with jumbo-packs.  Only two of the five
"essentials" you list are things I'd even wast^H^H^H^Hdevote any disk
space to, never mind consider "essential".

					der Mouse

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