On 2004.06.08 18:36, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 06:18:54PM -0400, Willem Riede wrote: > > Because I am talking about the case where e.g. glibc changes in a way that needs > > changes in applications to make them work again. Since with a mini-core most of > > the applications will not be in core, but in extra's, they wouldn't be upgraded > > when you do the core upgrade, and therefore not work afterwards. QED. > > That will always happen for third party apps and is unfixable (non US people > can in some cases install software which is prohibited in the USA, > Red Hat cannot ship such software). > > So what happens in the actual world is what happens in Debian in this > situation. After feeding your computer update CD's you ask the yum/apt tools > to do the rest of the work. Understood. But for that to start happening for applications that are now part of the standard distribution, but wouldn't be in a slimmed down core is a major setback in my opinion. I can only see the downside of reducing core, no upside. I guess I'll just have to agree to disagree with those that hold the opposite view. Regards, Willem Riede.
