Here is my proposal: Given that x86_64 platform will remain at 5CDs unless we do something drastic, and that FC5 is targeted to have the ability to install from other repos during anaconda install, we allow FC4 to ship with a 5CD count for both (all) archs. Then we target FC5 to move some packages to Extras, and some packages to an online RH controlled repo much like the RHEL extras. Its still RH maintained, but not shipped on the CD iso sets. This would allow us to drop down to 2CDs or so in size for the shippable media, but still allow installing to the full package set. A side goal would be to ease the process to create installs sets from a given package list. This would allow people that have done one install using various repos to create a CD set from those packages and redistribute. Yes I know this brings up the problem that the CDs themselves do not represent the entire Fedora Core product, something that RH has been against for a long time (notice the lack of Magazine versions of Red Hat Linux and FC), but given the emergence of Fedora Extras, I think this has become less of an issue. Thoughts? -- Jesse Keating RHCE (geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating
