== Kernel ==

 * linux [amd64] # not i386 because top-level 'linux' is -generic-pae now

== Server ==

 * ssh
 * nfs-kernel-server   # need an NFS server

== Networking ==

 * bsd-mailx
 * vlan                   # userland tools to config 8021q support

== Common UNIX stuff ==

 * nfs-common		  # allows people to access NFS filesystems
 # * vim                    # vim-tiny is in minimal; vim includes syntax highlighting, help files, etc.

== Hardware & Network Access ==

 * pptp-linux             # client for Microsoft-compatible VPN's, needed for some ISPs
 * eagle-usb-utils        # needed for some ADSL modems
 * bpalogin

 * linux-wlan-ng
 * libatm1	# suggested by ppp for PPP-over-ATM
 * setserial	# needed by folks with nonstandard serial ports
 * b43-fwcutter

== Common language packs ==

 # must have
 * Languages: en
 * language-pack-${Languages}

# * language-pack-gnome-${Languages}

# subset of English language support which we want by default:
 * aspell-en
 * wamerican

== Installer ==

 * bootstrap-base
 * grub # needed for dmraid et al
 * oem-config-gtk
 * uboot-mkimage [armel]

== Transitional packages ==

== Germinate workarounds ==

 * wamerican  # iamerican Depends: ispell Recommends: wordlist, but wamerican isn't spotted in time so germinate arbitrarily picks miscfiles instead