PROPOSAL: Core size reduction "bug day"

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Marius Andreiana wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 13:21 +0000, Willem Riede wrote:
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>>Right. And because there could be rpm dependencies between packages from
>>the "old" Extras on the "old" Core, that might not be satisfied by the
>>"new" Core post-upgrade, there ought to be a really convenient way to
>>upgrade Extras at the same time, either by Anaconda itself or by
>>firstboot-after-upgrade.
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>Remember that not everyone has internet access. The Core should work by
>itself, no internet access require to have a full install working from
>core CDs.
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That's one of my biggest concerns.. Take for example KDE , which people 
suggested going to extras. I know many KDE users with dialup connections 
(which is very common here in Brazil). Usually they get their install 
media from a friend who has broadband connection (or buy the cds online) 
and they dont want to download anything else besides the security 
updates. For them , downloading all the KDE rpms would be something very 
hard.
One thing that would be interesting would be anaconda (or firstboot) 
supporting the extra CDs. Then , those who want KDE download the core 
CDs and the Extras CD that contains KDE.
I agree with what someone said before on this thread. To reduce Core , 
we need :
1 - to find what is used by a great part of the users and what is 
considered a niche software.
2 - define the use of Core. (If it's a desktop install , workstation, 
server , etc) .

With these two things , we can then create a policy to decide what goes 
into and what leaves the Core cds...

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Pedro Macedo