On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 12:56:16PM +0000, Frank Murphy wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:45:21 +0100 > Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Ian Malone wrote: > > > > > And the move to F18 does mean a big > > > functional change in the installer, which is what the issue is. > > > > Is there something wrong with the current Anaconda? > > > In relation to Fedora 17, no. > But dracut has introduced big changes for F18, > and Anaconda has to be re-written to suit this change(s) Beyond which, there were a number of user experience issues with the existing Anaconda which the team was also trying to correct. This is a great place to read how and why that effort started: http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2011/06/16/making-fedora-easier-to-use-the-installer-ux-redesign/ In fact, there's a huge number of blog posts about how the redesign has been discussed and progressed. (Note, these are on a blog feed, so you have to start at the last post and work upward to get the story in order.) http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/category/fedora/anaconda/feed/ -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
