> Community driven doesnt mean including everything by default in core. There is a set that exists somewhere between "everything" and "just the defaults". As has already been pointed out there are a number of "duplicate" things that will always be part of core. You can also include several duplicate things before begging to approach everything. > We shouldnt be looking at packages moving from core to extras as removal > of choice at all. Since fc4 will have extras enabled by default its easy > enough to install it using yum if you prefer anything over stuff > included in core already. There is an amount of utility to having things available on a CD, even more so on the official Fedora CDs. From this thread moving to extras seems like somewhat of a new idea (we witnessed solicitations for a contributor willing to take it over). That doesn't exactly inspire confidence that this is all part of a well thought out plan. More importantly is this a policy change? Is deprecated no longer a valid state for a package to transition through? Can any package be deemed not worthy and thrown in the air with the hopes that someone will step up and maintain it at Extras? > not sure about extras isos. you will have to ask Seth but fedora core > being trimmed down to 1 cd looks like a good idea to me While we're at it, why not just make core the network install boot image? After all, a logically and physically small install set is Fedora's primary goal. It seems to me there are extremists on both sides of the issue, each have a point, yet the distribution each would produce is one I'd have little interest in. -- Anduin Withers > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-devel-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rahul Sundaram > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:11 AM > To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core > Subject: Re: cyrus-imapd (Was Re: Removed packages > > Hi > > > > >I ever thought Fedora was Community Driven. It seems like RedHat needs > >another argument for Enterprise Linux. > > > Community driven doesnt mean including everything by default in core. > Thats the only way to try and please everyone. core should only include > default apps. dovecot is the current default. > > > > > If i ever read anything about > >OpenSource it is the Freedom of Choice. What Choice? Which additional > >Repo i have to use to get my Desktop/Server up and running? > > > We shouldnt be looking at packages moving from core to extras as removal > of choice at all. Since fc4 will have extras enabled by default its easy > enough to install it using yum if you prefer anything over stuff > included in core already. > > > > > >Maybe someday we have a extra.iso.dvd and core fits on 1 CDRom > > > > not sure about extras isos. you will have to ask Seth but fedora core > being trimmed down to 1 cd looks like a good idea to me > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
