IMPORTANT (release blocker): Status of Workstation network install

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 08/27/2014 02:46 PM, Owen Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 10:28 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> Hi, folks! We did the release blocker bug review meeting today,
>> and one of the bugs that came up for discussion was this one:
>> 
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134524
>> 
>> The question of whether this bug is a release blocker comes down
>> pretty clearly to the status of the Workstation network install
>> image. That is, the image is clearly busted, so if we care about
>> that image, we should consider the bug a release blocker.
> 
> I don't think the question is whether we care about the image - I
> think the question is whether we make the image available!
> 
> My strong opinions here are restricted to three things:
> 
> 1) If made available, the netinst image must work. Otherwise,
> we're blaming the user for our bugs.
> 
> 2) What you get going through either path should be identical; 
> installing from the network shouldn't put you into a 
> choose-your-own-adventure path of selecting desktops and optional 
> server components.
> 
> This may be more aspirational for F21 than something we can achieve
> this cycle.
> 
> 3) The netinst image should not look like an equal alternative to
> the "live" image (which I think is a misnomer) in the web
> presentation. Making it seem you need to decide whether you want to
> try out Fedora first or just install it is deceptive; generally,
> we want people to just go ahead and get the full image.
> 
> I don't have strong opinions about whether we make the netinst
> image available at all. My vague feeling is that yes, it should be
> available, because it's more similar to a kickstarted installation
> of the workstation, which is probably useful have working and
> tested to give identical results to the live image installation.
> 

The other thing here is that without a netinstall, it becomes very
difficult for a site to do multiple deployments easily. I think we
want people to be able to write a PXE-boot installer for Workstation
and relying on the live ISO might be an impediment to that.

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