[Fedora-spins] Server spin

[Jon Masters]

On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 20:34 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Jesse Keating (jkeating at redhat.com) said: 
> > > Do you think it's appropriate to keep it this way or should I change it?
> > > The reason why I do it this way is, that pungi doesn't pull optional 
> > > comps packages in the media kit. Any idea how to work this around 
> > > without having an extra script?
> > 
> > To date, all spins have been either live media, or a virt image that is
> > quite similar.  However you mention using pungi, which means you're
> > making a more traditional install media, as opposed to live media.
> > Basically you're just adjusting what packages are or are not on the DVD
> > media we generate as part of a Fedora release?
> 
> ... I'm confused why you'd do this as well. How many people install their
> servers from *media*? (That being said, it would be interesting to
> benchmark an image-based installation of @core, but given that anaconda
> won't run on that...)

I always install my own servers from "media". Often it's an ISO given to
a VM, but it is always from an ISO. Never a pre-packaged image, etc.

Jon.