[m-dev.] Proposed installation profiles

[Julien Fischer]

> Related question.
>
> Assuming we go with installation profiles.  Which profile should be the
> default.

I would say "base".

> I'm thinking of the scenario where a user doesn't read README or
> INSTALL (they should have).  And they do ./configure && make && make
> install.  What should they get?

Hmmm, well one option is that they could get the following error
message:

     configure: error: please select an installation profile ...

;-)

> will they be surprised by the amount of time that make install takes?

That's a separate issue.

Julien.