Summary of the 2008-03-11 Packaging Committee meeting

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Dmitry Butskoy <buc at odusz.so-cdu.ru> said:
>   
>> Jesse Keating wrote:
>>     
>>> Again, the time to install the few extra packages is trivial.  Minutes.
>>> And in the real world you don't get extra credit for finishing 10
>>> minutes faster,
>>>       
>> Not agree. I am working in production 24x7 environment, where 10 minutes 
>> cost too much...
>>     
>
> If it is a "production 24x7 environment", then you either build a new
> system and swap over or use kickstart to automatically build a
> pre-tested and pre-configured setup.  If 10 minutes matter, you don't
> wait for someone to click and choose install options and then manually
> configure things.
>
>   

Do not take me so literally. I did not say that the text-install is more 
fast for all. I meant that for "skilled enough CLI user" some things 
could be faster when he/she does not use GUI. In some (perhaps specific) 
production environments it matters...


~buc