On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:36:23 -0400, Michael Tiemann <tiemann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My strawman proposal does this. Core and Extras are just two points on > the continuum. The real trick to a continuum of collections are: 1)making sure the install media sets for the collection continuum (hereby called the C continuum) gets appropriate testing. ...raise your hand if you honestly think having more install media sets besides just Core isn't going to reveal more packaging and installer problems. And it only gets worse if you allow the use of an alternative installer for targets where anaconda doesn't make sense (ie low end hardware targets where rule makes a lot of sense as an installer) 2)A way to ask the system for information about which continuum member media set was used to do the last install/upgrade to reduce the effort required to confirm and track down reported problems and prevent even more bugzilla pollution. Related to (1). 3)making sure that the C continuum install media sets ALL come with tools that understand how to use Core and Extras to get updates AND additional software, not just from the internet but also from media. If Core+Extras makes up the full range of packages and the other media sets in the continuum are just different mixes of all the things that are available in the Fedora repos, making sure vendors/lugs can continue to offer additional software media sets(not necessarily bootable media) has to be a requirement. -jef
