Re: [PATCH 08/10] Select base-x and fonts when the user selects a non-base desktop.

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On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 16:26 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Chris Lumens (clumens@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> > > Oops, deleted the first thread without looking closely.
> > > 
> > > Why is this in anaconda at all?
> > 
> > In the old days, we had this list because the Requires: on all the
> > desktop stuff did not pull in any X server.  You know, because you may
> > want to be installing the graphical programs but then running them
> > remotely and all that.
> 
> Sure, but that's not how we selected desktops - we had install classes
> that had tasks (as much as they sucked). There were people who just
> did a kickstart with:
> 
> %packages
> gnome-desktop
> %end
> 
> but those people got what they asked for.
> 
> > Is this not still the case?  I'd be happy to see this code die.
> 
> >From looking at it, the whole 'refresh' section just seems like a big 
> placeholder that is staying around until someone (me?) gets around to
> defining the metadata that should be driving this screen, as I don't
> think this sort of logic belongs in anaconda proper. Am I misunderstanding?

My intention, which I should have stated, was that this code be only a
placeholder until we get the new variant/addon model in place. It would
be ideal if there were no such code in anaconda.

Dave

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