Added gnome as a profile (and application for application specific steps). Also tweaked xorg to not be so intrusive when used for anything other than awesome WM. Tweaked awesome WM to accomodate this change.

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+# A desktop environemtn using "Awesome" window manager.
+
+import archinstall
+
+def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
+	"""
+	Magic function called by the importing installer
+	before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
+	other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
+	for more input before any other installer steps start.
+	"""
+
+	# Gnome optionally supports xorg, we'll install it since it also
+	# includes graphic driver setups (this might change in the future)
+	profile = archinstall.Profile(None, 'xorg')
+	with profile.load_instructions(namespace='xorg.py') as imported:
+		if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+			return imported._prep_function()
+		else:
+			print('Deprecated (??): xorg profile has no _prep_function() anymore')
+
+# Ensures that this code only gets executed if executed
+# through importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("awesome", "/somewhere/awesome.py")
+# or through conventional import awesome
+if __name__ == 'awesome':
+	# Install dependency profiles
+	installation.install_profile('xorg')
+
+	# Install the application gnome from the template under /applications/
+	gnome = archinstall.Application(installation, 'gnome')
+	gnome.install()
+
+	installation.enable_service('gdm') # Gnome Display Manager
+	# We could also start it via xinitrc since we do have Xorg,
+	# but for gnome that's deprecated and wayland is preferred.
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