On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > goemon@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > > > Though I am not a developer I already presented what I believe to be > > > compelling arguments against it. Remember again that every feature has a > > > associated cost. > > > > > > is the cost of an 'everything' button really so unreasonably high? > > Yes it is. > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-January/msg01138.html no, it's not. i took the time to check out that post and it most emphatically *doesn't* demonstrate that an "everything" button has an associated "cost." let me just use the first bullet point on that page as an example: "* Dependency issues - One of the reasons behind doing a everything installation is avoid dealing with dependency issues. However that is largely not a problem now since yum install and yum groupinstall along with along programs like pirut. Refer to the yum guide available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs"; note well that what that point shows is that an everything install may not have as compelling reason for *existence* as it once did, and i'm certainly willing to grant that. but it most certainly does *not* show that it has a "cost." there's a difference. more to the point, it cannot *possibly* have an associated "cost" since you can emulate it simply by selecting all of the check boxes on the screen. i have no problem with people arguing against an "everything" install. but, please -- don't make up bogus arguments to bolster your case. rday p.s. i can appreciate the argument that calling it "everything" may confuse users who aren't sure if that means everything they can currently see, or absolutely everything imaginable. fine. so call it "all of the above" -- that solves the problem. in any event, there may be reasons why an "everything" install isn't as important a feature as it once was. but it doesn't appear to have an actual "cost" associated with it, and it clearly doesn't do any actual harm. so let's not make those arguments, ok? -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list