i have to *choose* between graphical desktop and S/W dev?
Chris Kloiber
ckloiber at ckloiber.com
Wed Mar 17 08:38:32 UTC 2010
I used to work at Red Hat. I remember the heated discussion over the
removal of the "Everything" install. I used to use it all the time as I
worked in Global Support Services and liked having "Everything"
installed on my desktop. Jeremy Katz basically just said "no" and that
was the end of it as I recall. No promise to put it back. That was over
5 years ago now, but I doubt that's changed.
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Chris Kloiber
On 03/15/2010 03:50 PM, David Cantrell wrote:
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> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010, Tom Horsley wrote:
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>> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:51:21 -0400 (EDT)
>> Kamil Paral wrote:
>>
>>> Overall it's an interesting suggestion, you can create a bugzilla [1]
>>> entry against "anaconda" package and propose that to anaconda
>>> developers.
>>
>> Yea, but we are still waiting for the "Select every optional package
>> in all package groups" button they promised us to replace the
>> "everything" button (unless they actually have that in f13? :-).
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure we [anaconda] never made that promise.
>
> The names of the tasks maybe need more description. The reason they are radio
> buttons instead of checkboxes is that the choices indicate preset lists of yum
> package groups to install. You can select a task and all of the default
> packages (as defined in comps) for the groups in that task will get installed,
> as well as any package dependencies. As of now, this is what the task
> definition looks like for Fedora:
>
> Graphical Desktop
> admin-tools
> base
> base-x
> core
> editors
> fonts
> games
> gnome-desktop
> graphical-internet
> graphics
> hardware-support
> input-methods
> java
> office
> printing
> sound-and-video
> text-internet
>
> Software Development
> base
> base-x
> core
> development-libs
> development-tools
> editors
> fonts
> gnome-desktop
> gnome-software-development
> graphical-internet
> graphics
> hardware-support
> input-methods
> java
> text-internet
> x-software-development
>
> Web Server
> admin-tools
> base
> base-x
> core
> editors
> gnome-desktop
> graphical-internet
> hardware-support
> java
> text-internet
> web-server
>
> Minimal
> core
>
>
> These are the same group names that can be used in the %packages section of a
> kickstart file, in @groupname syntax.
>
> We can modify these tasks, change the names, or add new ones. File bugs
> against anaconda accordingly.
>
> Keep in mind that the idea behind these tasks is to greatly simplify the job
> of selecting software for installation. They are intended to hit the most
> common use cases and avoid the need for users to get in to a detailed package
> selection mode. Users wanting finegrained control over what packages get
> installed already have that. You can already customize the package list or
> build a kickstart file to your liking.
>
> - --
> David Cantrell<dcantrell at redhat.com>
> Red Hat / Honolulu, HI
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