On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 16:02 +0000, Willem Riede wrote: > On 11/26/2005 10:35:27 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 02:32:17PM +0000, Willem Riede wrote: > > > >that it shouldn't include language-specific packages. Some people think > > > >it should. With multiple repositories, should it include all of the > > > >packages from all of the repositories? What happens if there are > > > That one is solvable by calling it "everything from core" and having a > > [...] > > > > But if it is just "everything from core", what's the argument for having it, > > then? From what I've heard from people who like having Everything, they want > > it because they want every possibility pre-installed -- which this wouldn't > > be. It'd just be "a bunch of stuff that's useful in a core distribution, > > the majority of which isn't ever going to be useful or relevant to any one > > specific installation". > > Having "everything from every repo that I identified" installed is not a safe > option to provide. Many repos hold updates to core packages that should not be > blindly chosen. > > And frankly, I'd vote for not having an everything option at all, because your > qualification of the majority not being useful or relevant to the user > defenitely holds independant of how wide an everything net you cast. > > The only reason users go for it IMHO is that they they don't know what they > want or need. They end up with stuff installed they don't know they have, even > though they might use it if they knew. With yum it is so easy and convenient > to just pull in a package that you want to try once you learn about its > existance, that I don't see the value of speculatively pre-installing. > > But if there is going to be an "everything", again IMHO, it should be limited > to core. yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='base' --enablerepo='updates-released' install '*' that would be an 'install everything, just from core' -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
