On Saturday 22 January 2005 20:53, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > On 22 Jan 2005, at 20:39, Peter Backlund wrote: > > This discussion is turning a bit absurd, imo. Just because a package is > > lifted out of Core doesn't mean it will vanish from the face of the > > earth. You can still install it from Extras if you need it. > > I think what some people is discussing here is not the fact that some > packages will end up in Core or Extras repository: it's the fact that > Anaconda installer should allow to install packages from the Extras > repository easily and automatically, if told so, as it is able to > install packages from the Core repository. > > Particularly, I don't mind if KDE, XFCE or whatever ends up in the > Extras repository, but I want to be able to install Fedora Core 4 and > install packages from both Core and Extras in a single pass, during the > installation process. Also, I do want packages in the Extras repository > to be maintained and be bound to the same QA process as Core packages. I disagree here that it should all be under anaconda. If Core is really small (no nedit, no KDE, no mysql, no postgresql, etc.) but then during firstboot I can add what I want from Extras. And yes, there should be iso images of Extras cut when the Core is cut. And yes, when Core goes "gold", there is a gold version of Extras. Handling of updates for Extras is another consideration ... like Core (with base and updates) or just make it the latest (like development). -- Gene
