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On ۱۰/۰۵/۰۸ 06:01, drago01 wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Hedayat Vatankhah <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hedayat@grad.com"><hedayat@grad.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
There is a bug in Fedora package management since FC4 (except Fedora 8)
that potentially affects ALL of the Fedora installation DVD users
(people who are not annoyed by this bug will probably find other
alternatives more suitable (e.g. Live CD install, Network install or the
new BFO if I spell correctly!)). The reason that this bug is still open
is not technical, but almost completely political. And as I see it in
the current state, it is not going to be fixed anytime soon.
The mentioned bug is this one:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625</a> (installation media
support in PackageKit).
While a user can create a repo file for the DVD's mount point and go
with it, but that is not acceptable for a new user to live with such a
solution.
It is really annoying that the installation DVD is useless for an
ordinary user after installation. And this is really unfortunate that
this bug is still open because of such small issues.
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Why?
The installation DVD is for installing the system that's it.
Installing software from it afterwards is pointless anyway as updates
might cause dep conflicts and or provide newer/fixed versions anyway.
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Somebody who have a good internet connection and will install any new
packages from the internet will not go with installing from DVD at the
first place. Why should somebody download more than 3GB and use a very
small amount of it at the installation time and then install any extra
packages from the internet?! Such a person will probably use LiveCD
install, or he can happily download the netinst iso (which is just
about 150MB) and then install directly from the internet. Notice that a
lot of DVD users do not download it themselves and will buy it or
receive it from another person. And they need to be able to use it as
much as possible. <br>
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If it is still ambiguous, let me bring an example: currently I have
only a dial-up connection at home. As a result, my Fedora 11
installation is not updated at all (maybe only its pidgin, which I have
downloaded by hand and installed). Even downloading the repository
metadata is something I try to avoid as much as possible. So, I almost
NEVER update my Linux installation in home, except if I really need it
or it is so small (thanks to delta rpm, it is possible to update a
little more). There are many users which will almost never install any
packages from the internet except when they really need it, and also
you should be aware that many prefer to buy DVDs which contain
additional software rather than downloading that themselves.<br>
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Goo luck,<br>
Hedayat<br>
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