rfc/headsup: graphics driver packaging in F16+

[Nathaniel McCallum]

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 14:00 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 13:48 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 13:38 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > > But then, if we had _that_, comps could grow a fourth class for
> > > "as-needed" and we'd just list all driver packages there, including cups
> > > and webcam drivers and etc.  Install image creation would pull them all
> > > in; anaconda would filter the available as-needed's based on target
> > > hardware.
> > > 
> > > In that scenario you'd still need to do manual selection of some driver
> > > packages for critpathness, but, okay.
> > 
> > With this approach, you have lost a critical feature: the ability for
> > you to change your hardware (or move the software bits to a different
> > computer) and have everything automatically work.
> 
> Assuming pk actually had this feature, the next time you booted pk would
> happily tell you about what driver you're missing.

*If* it booted to a sane state where pk could tell you this, then yes I
agree.

Nathaniel