DVD only for Fedora "Classic" spin?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Wed Feb 21 16:39:55 UTC 2007


Joachim Frieben wrote:
>> That's excellent news when "FC7T1" e.g. did not even include "gcc".
>>
>> That's because its a desktop cd and space is not infinite.
> 
> No it's a 2.5 out of 4.5 GB DVD, and there were no other spins available for users with needs going beyond a pure desktop setup.

Right. It was clearly mentioned within the release announcement itself. 
No point harping on it. Right?

> That's why I wrote "I do not know about other users", but even as a poor individual, I am presumably entitled to raise the **question** of how many of the most popular/needed packages are to be found in the respective respositories [50/50, 95/05, etc. (?)] ..

Nobody has any metrics there but it is quite large for some users. There 
is a plan to add package lists to smolt in a optional way to collect 
this. See Fedora advisory board list archives for details.

Rahul





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