gnome-vfs not in Rawhide?

Mike Hearn mike at navi.cx
Thu Apr 7 16:42:10 UTC 2005


On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:02:33 -0400, John Thacker wrote:
> Yes, but Windows XP includes lots of hacks to the API (a very intensive 
> effort), and doesn't include lots of apps on that one CD.  You're comparing
> apples to oranges. 

I'm comparing two operating systems. Seems more like Granny Smith vs
Braeburn to me.

> If Fedora Core were to contain only basic libraries, yum,
> coreutils, and a web browser, then one CD would be possible.

Go for it. Seems like that'd resolve the constant bickering over what's in
Core and what isn't. Just make core the bare essentials for a desktop
system - MacOS X and Windows can be useful guides in this respect - and
then make it super easy for people to find and install the software they
want. Voila - you now have space to put compatibility libraries in, and
users don't have to think about details like what a GTK+ is because it's
there, out of the box, waiting in case it's needed.

thanks -mike




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