>
> In the discussion about https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869978
> we agreed that we should have a list of core kickstart commands that
> should definitely work for a Final release.
>
> All the options are documented here:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
>
> I tried to make a core selection. I had the following in mind:
> 1. Kickstarts are used for automation, therefore the most important
> commands related to automation must work (manual intervention is not fine).
> 2. Commands which are easily work-aroundable shouldn't be part of
> the core selection.
> Example: 'authconfig' kickstart command is just a wrapper around
> authconfig tool. You can issue the same command in %post and it
> should do the same. If %post works, it's trivial to work around
> nonfunctional authconfig kickstart command. The same applies for
> 'firewall', 'group', 'user' and others, it's trivial to run it in %post.
> 3. Some commands have plenty of options. We can't really define into
> the smallest detail which one of them must work and which doesn't
> have to. In this case a blocker-bug discussion is necessary to
> weight the importance of the option, its usage volume and the risk involved.
>
>
> I arrived at three different categories of the core set:
>
> == Setting up installation environment ==
> network
> updates
> keyboard
> lang
> rootpw
>
> * 'network' and 'updates' are core commands, in same cases you
> really need them to start the installation.
> * 'keyboard' and 'lang' might probably be worked around in %pre, but
> it might be non-trivial for people. But I'm not firmly decided here.
> * 'rootpw' can be worked around in %post, but I consider it pretty
> basic command to work without problems
>
> == Partitioning the system ==
> zerombr
> autopart
> clearpart
> part
> bootloader
> volgroup
> logvol
>
> * Partitioning is pretty major function of the installer and if
> doesn't work, it's just useless. I consider it core.
> * LVM support might be questioned. I decided to put it here, because
> LVM is the Fedora default and it might be pretty useful in some
> automated installation. We can discuss it though.
> * I haven't included some other partitioning commands, like 'btrfs',
> 'raid', or 'multipath'. They are useful and pretty, but I don't see
> them as really core.
>
> == Installation process ==
> install
> upgrade
> repo
> %packages
> %pre
> %post
> poweroff
> reboot
>
> * 'install' and 'upgrade', because you need to be able to tell
> installer which mode to use
> * 'repo' because you need to set your mirror, or activate/deactive
> updates-testing, or something like that
> * '%packages' because package selection is one the core functions ofkickstart
> * '%pre' and '%post' because it is often needed for some post-
> install setups (setting up sshd, creating accounts etc) and also can
> be used to work around broken commands
> * 'poweroff' and 'reboot' because in an automated environment these
> might be very important for you. Rebooting a computer that is 1000
> miles away from you might not be an easy task.
>
>
> It might be a bit difficult to put this into criteria, I think there
> is no other way except than list the core commands. We can't say
> "everything related to partitioning", because then people would
> argue "btrfs" command is included. Maybe we can create a separate
> page/subpage related to kickstart core commands and just link to it
> from the criteria document.
>
> Comments very welcome.
I make heavy use of the %include directive which I don't see that you've mentioned anywhere. It's a rather fundamental feature for how I use kickstarts through livecd-tools to effect dynamic sections. I suppose I could revise my tools to create a dynamic, yet monolith kickstart script, but at present I have everything tooled to around a core kickstart script, numerous static helpers that get %included and several dynamic helpers that are also %included. Thus I'd appreciate seeing %include added to the criteria, if it's not too much of a pain.
FWIW it's presently working fine for me with my test box that was F17 originally and yum-upgraded to F18 shortly after the branch was made. This box is running my tool that runs livecd-tools to make custom live spins that I've been heavily testing and developing since the branch.
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John Florian
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