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.
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Rahul
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