On 4/23/05, Patrick Barnes <nman64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I guess a good question would be if any of the packages that take > advantage of fortune really have a place in Core. We really need a more > specific guiding policy on what belongs in Core and what belongs in > Extras. There are many packages still in Core that could be argued to be > more out-of-place than some of the things already in Extras. The degree > of separation between Core and Extras also needs to be better defined. > At present, someone would have to know about Extras in order to find and > use it. Perhaps the default Core installation should point users to > Extras? Perhaps by adding a small note at the end of the installation or > enabling Extra repositories in update tools by default? I've always recommend people do an install everything when they have the disk for it... This began as a result of dealing with people that didn't install devel, where it used to be a pretty big pain to install the missing devel packages by hand. Later I realized the amazing quantity of professional grade software was actually a fantastic selling point.. Many times I've seen eyes go wide with excitement when a new users sees all the software they have. Diskspace isn't a factor in many environments these days, and as long as the packages aren't junk there is no harm in installing things that aren't used... I like the idea of a slimmed down core distro, but lets carry the model the whole way. Is there a real reason that the basic distro can't fit on one (maybe) two CDs? Is there a reason that we can't make the package selector offer extras packages at install time to be furnished by an extra Extras DVD or two? (not everyone has broadband, I burn a lot of fedora DVDs for people).