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[Bernd Stramm]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:02:14 +0100
drago01 <drago01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Reindl Harald
> <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Am 27.11.2011 21:09, schrieb Bernd Stramm:
> >
> >>>> If implemented the wrong way, what's wrong with screenshots
> >>>> is bloat.
> >>>
> >>> If implemented wrong, everything can be wrong.  That's just a
> >>> truism and not a useful review of any proposal.
> >>
> >> It is useful to point out that the space requirements are
> >> significant.
> >>
> >> You would want an implementation that does _not_ store all this
> >> information on installed systems.
> >>
> >> Separate the advertising part from the packaging part. Make the
> >> advertising part available for users that want to see it, and keep
> >> it out of the systems that want to avoid bloat
> >
> > +1
> >
> > one main goal of improvements should be make them optional and give
> > power-users who are happy with yum and a stripped down system the
> > ability holding their base as small as possible
> 
> 1) Easy to use interfaces should and do not hurt "power users"
> (whatever that buzzword means)
> 2) Nobody is forcing you (or anybody else) from using the new fancy
> app. yum is not going away. You can just remove the stuff you don't
> need post install or even in your kickstart file and don't end up with
> it at all.

Removing the screenshots, icons, popularity vote results etc etc
post-install is not a good solution. These things should be available
when someone wants to look at them, not installed by default.

The mechanisms to look at them should be there unless removed, but not
the advertising for several thousand packages.

-- 
Bernd Stramm
bernd.stramm at gmail.com