FC5T2 ready for even a test release?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at redhat.com
Mon Jan 23 23:43:31 UTC 2006


Hi

>I am following this thread closely and I can see the
>pro's and con's.  Many times, the everything install
>is the best way to go.  You do not want to have to
>install any missing dependencies via yum/rpm when you
>want to compile a certain tarball for which there is
>no rpm available, or there is one, but in your system
>it *does not work*. 
>
Just you use yum and pirut post installation. They should work with 
CD/DVD's too.

> The security risks are something
>that we could live without.  In fact many people do
>not update the kernel to the latest one, despite
>several vulnerabilities that they keep their existing
>kernel because it boots everytime and many things just
>work.   
>  
>
We need to discourage anything that creates security issues.

>>Just that some
>>users want it is not 
>>a good reason to implement any feature without
>>understanding the cost 
>>involved in long term maintenance and support.
>>    
>>
>
>What does that magic button(s) cost to implement when
>it has been living there for sometime already?   The
>changes are welcomed, but what has been the cost and
>long term maintence and support have been throughout
>the Fedora Release cycles?
>  
>
It costs quite a lot which is why it is being removed. I already gave 
examples of this.

>Why is Fedora trying to reduce the Core?  Why is
>wanting to become like Ubuntu?  Fedora is great as it
>is!  Why change it to less CD's, and us having to
>search for packages that are and have been there for
>ages.
>
Why do you think reducing core is equal to reduce CD images. They are 
not related at all.

-- 
Rahul 

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