F7 Plan (draft)

[Tim Burke]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:15:03AM -0500, Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
>  > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Tim Burke wrote:
>  > 
>  > >> 5. A Fedora Server spin of F7
>  > >> Accountable: Jesse Keating (rel-eng), YOUR NAME HERE!
>  > >> 
>  > >> Another one of our release targets. Needs defined by Test 2.
>  > >> 
>  > > Do you picture a different kernel variant for client vs server?
>  > 
>  > I certainly didn't -- but maybe we should consider it.
>
> It's not really necessary as most of the things that make a difference
> can be controlled by sysctls.  Most obvious one being the default
> disk IO elevator.
>
> Separate /etc/sysctl.conf's makes a lot more sense than a separate
> kernel image.
>
>   
Agreed that sysctls are far better than different kernel builds.  Having 
said that.. what is the mechanism to actually set different knobs on a 
client distro vs a server distro?  For example would that just consist 
of a bunch of lines spread around random init scripts, or should there 
be something like a "profile" file with sysctl settings, ie, one for 
desktop, other for server.  Heck, if you can do that, why not have an 
NFS server, database server, web server separate profiles too.