if args.packages:
packages = args.packages.split(",")
elif releaseType == "kf5":
f = open("kf5-packages-" + release + ".txt", "r")
packages = f.readlines()
f.close()
packages = map(lambda line: line.strip("\r\n\t "), packages)
packages = filter(lambda line: line and not line.startswith("#"), packages)
elif releaseType == "plasma":
f = open("plasma-packages-" + release + ".txt", "r")
packages = f.readlines()
f.close()
packages = map(lambda line: line.strip("\r\n\t "), packages)
packages = filter(lambda line: line and not line.startswith("#"), packages)
elif releaseType == "kdeapplications":
f = open("kdeapplications-packages-" + release + ".txt", "r")
packages = f.readlines()
f.close()
packages = map(lambda line: line.strip("\r\n\t "), packages)
packages = filter(lambda line: line and not line.startswith("#"), packages)
else:
f = open("kdesc-packages-" + release + ".txt", "r")
packages = f.readlines()
f.close()
packages = map(lambda line: line.strip("\r\n\t "), packages)
packages = filter(lambda line: line and not line.startswith("#"), packages)