On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 10:10 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:37:08AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: > > I don't doubt this. However implicit in this is some idea of what the > > target Fedora Core user looks like -- some kind of user profile. I > > think the goal of this thread is to make this idea explicit. > > Are we targeting developers? Corporate desktop users? People who > > travel a lot? People setting up LAMP servers? Some combination? > > I'm for going all the way -- it should contain no end-user applications, > just the framework for making those applications run. C'mon, let's make Core > be just that. actually I tend to disagree, not sure how much say I should have in this though. I think of it as an union model, where each layer is both self-contained in terms of package dependencies but also in the requirements it fulfills in terms of user/market. eg layer 0 of the union "base" - minimum set to get the machine booting and operating layer 1 of the union "core" - set of functionality people expect from a consumer oriented linux distro layer 2 of the union "extras" - more "obscure" functionality for example because it's a relatively small userbase but also because it can be new and emerging things. In addition this can be alternative implementations to core functionality. An example of this could be wu-ftpd or xfce or .. layer 3 of the union "dedicated repos" - very specialist repositories that each target what is pretty much a niche market and who's requirements are very different or unique but isolated. Examples could be a beowulf repo, or a "video montage" repo. again, for me it's essential that each layer of the union is self-contained in terms of packages (eg no dependencies to higher layers, lower layers is of course ok) and of functionality (eg if a layer contains a certain functionality, it should contain in a general useful matter. this doesn't mean that all optional things should be there, but enough functionality that most people expect should be there). For me the difference between layer 2 and 3 is also a "market segment" one. Some things will be so specialist that it's better to have a few experts have their own repo that they maintain as a coherent add-on function than lumping it all in one big repo. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
