On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 10:50 AM Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
A large computer vendor with whom we have a friendly relationship would like
to update the image they're shipping on their systems so that 1) new users
don't have quite so many updates immediately and 2) auiu newer kernel helps
with some upcoming things *vague vague handwavy vague*.
I can think of four possibilities:
1. Sure, use the live-respins!
2. The live-respins are unofficial, but we have run [this specific
workstation iso] through our standard validation tests and we
recommend it for your use.
3. Use the netinstall and choose "apply updates" (or whatever that option is
called) when making your distribution image.
4. Uh, sorry, we got nothin'.
Is there a reason we can't make option 4 to be: officially create OEM
images and create an OEM preload guide? I don't personally know how
preloads work, even though I'm trying to figure out how to improve
"preloaded Fedora" experience over the next couple of cycles for
Fedora KDE.
It might also make sense to make either monthly or quarterly
full recomposes with updates for downstreams with all the artifacts,
similar to how Microsoft used to do "rollup images" to support OEM
preloads.
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