--- Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since test1 and FUDcon there's been a lot of feedback on what media > sets > we should actually build, test and distribute by default. It's > pretty > clear that the mix of "desktop bits without any development" didn't > really fit the needs of a lot of our users. And the incredibly long > thread about what belongs in a server spin showed that we don't > really > have a good handle on what use cases we're actually trying to fill > with > it. > > Given this, the board stepped back to think a bit about what we're > trying to achieve and what the problems we were trying to fix. The > list > was pretty short: > > 1. Must provide a way for people to do their own custom versions > including packages from all of the Fedora universe. Yes. And make it _really easy_. > 2. Want to provide at least one installable "single CD Fedora" > to > help in parts of the world with less bandwidth > 3. Need to provide a way to install via media for the following > cases: > > * Desktop environment > * Developer use > * Simple LAMP server > > 4. Try to be as little of a burden on our mirror and testing > infrastructure as possible. > > > Given the above, we'd like to look at doing a somewhat different set > of > bits for Fedora 7 than was previously in the plan. But, we're still > open to feedback to change things somewhat. The on the table things > are: > > * Fedora 7 Desktop LiveCD. It's installable and it's a single > CD, > so it's a good step towards the single installable desktop CD > case. > * Fedora 7 DVD. With everything for desktop, development and > "mainstream" server tasks. This ends up replacing what was > previously Fedora Core. There's something of an open question > as > to whether we'd provide CD isos here or not. Or CD isos via > bittorrent only? > * Fedora 7 Everything. 2+ DVDs. More bits than you can shake a > stick at. Not available on the mirrors; bittorrent only. > Hopefully can share the first disc with the Fedora 7 DVD. > This > would be the most at-risk and the most likely to fall off due > to > time pressure. How about some forward thinking- 1 hd-dvd/bluray iso. To anyone who complains about not having said hardware, tell them how easy it is to launch this live-iso in qemu, and then run the simple commandline/gui to generate any standard spin (or any arbitrary customization of any standard spin). Again, reiterating above ... make it _really easy to do this_. Also, make it trivial to copy this iso to a usb harddisk, along with a simple way to boot from the iso on the harddisk (bootloader install on the harddisk and/or small floppy/cdrom bootstrap come to mind, but I'm just thinking out loud here) > * Make your own Fedora 7 step-by-step guide. This is important > to > help ensure that people understand and can make their own > custom > spins. In my best Mr. Burns voice... Exccccelllent :) > > Also, Rex is continuing to lead the efforts for the Fedora 7 KDE > release > and hopefully the Fedora 7 KDE LiveCD. > > This feels like it'll get us to a place that's reasonable for Fedora > 7 > and to where we can then actually get experimentation done with "hey, > how can I get a single CD" rather than putting Fedora 7 on the line > for > the experimentation. > > Comments? Flames? ... Sounds like things are moving in a good direction to me. -dmc/jdog > > Jeremy > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
