== Kernel ==

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

== Server ==

 * ssh
 * nfs-kernel-server        # need an NFS server
 * net-tools                # Needed for deboostrap, when building alternate ISO.

== 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

 * 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
 * grub2 # needed for dmraid et al
 * oem-config-gtk
 * uboot-mkimage [armel]
 * makedev                  # Necessary for deboostrap when building alternate

== Transitional packages ==

== Germinate workarounds ==

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