On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 02:52:04PM -0600, Jima wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Patrice Dumas wrote: >> End-users also expect a package install not to drag in packages that are >> not useful. Especially system administrator end-users who care about >> avoiding bloat. Installing everything may be confusing too, not for a >> user who just don't care about what is installed on his computer but for >> a user who want to keep control. > > Man. We have such a rough job. > "Fedora doesn't install enough packages! You're being mean to sysadmins!" > "Fedora installs too many packages! You're being mean to sysadmins!" > What's worse is that we haven't changed _anything_ between these two > complaints. I guess it goes to show that whatever we do, someone's going > to be unhappy. Exactly. So this is to be packager judgement depending on how he thinks package users care about bloat or completeness, and how he is ready to make complex packaging. -- Pat -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
