Willem Riede wrote: > Why? I've read the barrage of mails this triggered, and I see > absolutely no benefit. I can understand the desire to have a more > minimal "minimal" install package set, and the packages that would be > in that set will probably all sit on the first CD. But that doesn't > translate into the need to limit the size of the distribution. For companies who need a "base" to start with, I disagree. Not many companies want to install the entire "Core." And by maintaining a local "Apt" repository, there is little need to either. > Convenience for those of us (like me) that use a more extensive > package set should not be compromised. And it will not since "Core" itself will _not_ be touched. I too like to install the _full_ Fedora "Core" on my personal workstations and servers at home. But for a corporation which maintains its own configuration management, this is not good IMHO. That's why I suggested making this subset separate. I called it Fedora "Quark." It is the "common denominator" that all other, customized systems can be built from using other "Core" packages, while offering a basic GUI (which the 90MB "minimal" install does not). -- Bryan J. Smith, E.I. -- b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx
