On Mon, 24 May 2004 01:45:13 -0400, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steven brings up a larger issue. With Fedora going to the "distributed" > model, at what point do we start to try (if at all?) to "reduce" the > size Fedore "Core" (FC)? Feel free to start "educating" people like those who review distributions in the media outlets, see if you can get them to agree that having a 1 cd binary distribution is worth the effort if it that lacks things like openoffice. I'd rather not get into a discussion about whether Core should be 1 cd or 2 or 8. I'd much rather get into a discussion of what type of installs and uses Core should be aimed at. I think the size of the core distribution follows from the usage situation expected. If Fedora Core is meant to be general purpose..i dont think 1 CD is going to cut it. If people looking for 1 CD image are primarily interested in specifically tasks servers or perhaps lowball hardware...i dont necessarily thing the core install and core media sets should be aimed at that usage. Following Havoc's suggestion regarding prepackaged configs in another thread perhaps there is a new way to approach the idea outside of anaconda that doesn't invovle gutting the official fedora core media set. -jef"and we sure as hell better not start dumping things from Core into Extras until there is a clear understanding of how to use Extras during installs and upgrades without requiring network connectivity"spaleta
