On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 16:23, Mariano Draghi wrote: > > > > This are related. The answer is generally to just move stuff out of > > Core, and into Extras. Eventually, if the user explicitly decides > > to install 20 mail clients, that's their own problem, but the default > > OS install shouldn't do this to them, yes. > > > > This is easy with some applications, and _very_ difficult with others. > Take the (recent) example of Rythmbox vs XMMS f.i. > And the same goes with Evolution vs KMail vs Mozilla Mail/Thunderbird. > Right now, each of them has is strenghts, and there would be plenty of > users that even for historical reasons will hate Fedora if we take out > "their" e-mail client. > Which one is the good default? Why? > > I think that for some kind of applications, we should provide in > Anaconda a list of choices, clearly specifying a recommended default: > Which e-mail client would you like to install? > [x] <b>Evolution (recommended)</b> > [ ] Mozilla Mail > [ ] KMail > ... > So the newbie can press [Next] and go on with the default, and the more > advanced user (or just somebody a little more used to Linux) can clearly > identify the default and change it for his own choice, or even choose > (and install) all of them. > > Besides, it would be nice to have some config tool to setup/change the > default _after_ the installation, and this tool could take care of the > MIME types, and menu auto-reconfiguration (i.e. move the new default > e-mail client to the main menu, and the others (if any) to the extras). > > -- > Mariano This would also be what I would like to see. For example, every time I upgrade or load a system I get the "out of the box" firewall rules without any other option. This is fine for average desktops and newbees, but causes my extra configuration work. I would actually like more choices that can be selected as desired, in fact there was an issue with pine being removed. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
