On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 02:21 -0300, Horst von Brand wrote: > Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 20:03 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > No it doesnt. I made my argument with detailed rationale on why I > > > believe it is not useful in general cases. If you disagree with me, feel > > > free to do so but I would like to hear a detailed set of use cases that > > > make it a convincing enough argument for Anaconda to support it for end > > > users apart from Kickstart capability. > > > What most people complain about here is AFAICS that we completely > > removed (instead of just hid) an option they valued and that was a well > > tested (by them), supposedly no-brainer sort of code path, very much > > unlikely to give any problems down the road. Granted we have a new > > package selector in anaconda now, but I guess adding back the Everything > > checkbox and code, perhaps hidden behind an "offereverything" boot > > loader option (so we don't scare away unsuspecting types) can't be that > > much of an effort. I'd say it would be worth the trouble, because then > > we could end this discussion. > > Yet again: The code to do this is probably quite simple. The problem is the > fallout in form of non-working systems with weird sympthoms, security > problems caused by forgotten servers installed, performance problems due to > unnecesary stuff running (or at least on disk), longer update times (and > higher load on mirrors). The (missing) feature you see, it's fallout you > don't. > -- > Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org > Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 > Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 > Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 > I just spent about and hour ticking check boxes because I wanted everything. I want to test it, play with it, break it, fix it. I have the bandwidth and the disk space. If in the process of my explorations I find I need an application or library, I want it to be there. I want to see Japanese characters when I access a Japanese web page. I want the Polish professor in my LUG to see Polish when he borrows my laptop. Please give me back that option, even if you hide it. Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/ -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list