[criteria update] Package set

[drago01]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> drago01 (drago01 at gmail.com) said:
>> > There is no default 'package set' now (by design, it's not a bug).
>>
>> This *is* a bug IMO. We should have reasonable defaults and allow the
>> user to change them if he wants. But we should not force the user to
>> make choices that way. A user would have to know the differences
>> between the options to be able to make an informed decision. In case
>> the user has this knowledge he/she can open the spoke and change the
>> selection. In case the user doesn't it might more or less end up in a
>> random/wrong change.
>
> If the user can't make a choice, they should be using a live image, IMO;
> the entire point of the DVD install has always been that it provided
> a choice of things for the user to install. Instead of the prior DVD,
> which offered a variety of co-dependent groups for the user to slice
> and dice at will (often finding new ways to break their system), the idea of
> the current installation is that it provides a set of pre-defined
> installation choices on the left, all of which should install functional
> systems (and pretty much resemeble the existing spins.)

Sure but what's wrong with providing a default choice? It does not
conflict with the goal of providing a choice.
The user is still free to uncheck the checkbox if he really knows what
he is doing.