Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Hi
Please explain what is good about the everything installation option.
Dont throw around vague notions.
It saves me time when selecting packages to install.
Which ones?
All of them, dummy. Duh! That is what we are talking about.
It saves me time to not have to install packages individually.
What are you using your system for?. Is it a
desktop/workstation/server/development system?. Doesnt it fit into one
of these profiles?
No it doesn't fit into one of those "profiles". I am (and have been
since FC1) using it for Test and Evaluation of SELinux. *One* of the
things I am looking at is how well this pervasive technology integrates
with a reasonable sized distribution/OS. Also, I'm trying to see what
the maintenance burden is when a large number of programs/packages are
in play. For example, what will it take to keep policy current for all
the package changes coming through rawhide?
I don't have to download packages (via yum or whatever) that have
already been downloaded in the isos.
You cant work with them using the current tools provided anyway. Thats
what we are trying to fix already. If you dont use yum to keep yourself
updated installing everything is dangareous since it brings in potential
security issues with packages you wouldnt even use.
This one is about *download*. see if you can follow this. All the rpms
in Core get downloaded within the isos. If I install them *all* I don't
need to use yum(i.e download it again) to install anything.
Downloading *updates* is a different thing. I *update* my "everything"
installation from rawhide every day.
I don't need a kickstart file.
I don't need to waste space on disk with rpms when I already have the
package installed from the initial installation.
You waste disk space by installing packages you wouldnt use. You will to
keep packages updated. Performance would do down with deamons and other
session programs. You would be installing tons of world languages which
you wouldnt be using and so on.
Wrong again! I use all the packages. Maybe not the way your mind thinks
but I use them. Who are you to judge?
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