Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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? > With an easy option to build a DVD (or even 2) with EVERYTHING from these repositories on them, I'm all for it. I especially like the 2 CD core distro, without-really-loosing-packages idea! /Thomas
