i have to *choose* between graphical desktop and S/W dev?

Adam Jackson ajax at redhat.com
Wed Mar 17 17:09:40 UTC 2010


On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 12:47 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:50:36 -0700
> Jesse Keating wrote:
> 
> > Clearly we
> > weren't going to satisfy everybody with an 'Everything' option so it was
> > removed so that folks can pick their own vision of "Everything".
> 
> Which means the problem was with the label of the 'Everything' button,
> not the concept of a button to simply and easily select lots of stuff.
> Which was why I wanted the button renamed to:
> 
> 'Select all optional packages in all package groups'
> 
> No longer ambiguous, and I can even do it now with scads of mouse clicks,
> it would just be simpler to do with one click. I'm much rather do
> that, then winnow out the stuff I know for a fact I don't want (there
> is much less of that :-).

There is not room for all the buttons everyone wants.

Also, your desired case is still ambiguous.  Both exim and postfix are
optional in @mail-server.  Which one should win?  (This is rhetorical.
Do not answer it.)

- ajax
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