Why are there only i686 and i586 Version of glibc and kernel?-- not "lite" (386/486 @ 400MHz+, 256MB RAM)

[Phillip Compton]

On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 13:30 -0500, Crutcher Dunnavant wrote:
> I think that perhaps, "Core" and "Extras" is insufficiently fine
> grained. There is value in a truly small distro, one small enough
> that, while it contains everything needed to run itself, it does not
> contain the tools needed to build itself. Think PVRs, Routers,
> MyRoboticDog, etc.
> 
> Since these packages are to be built in a common space, it's really
> just an issue of which repository the RPMS get dropped into after they
> are built. I'd rather see something like, in staggered order of
> dependancy:
> 
> Core - (no, really, CORE. No X, no gcc, just the hard base.)
> Desktop
> Development
> Multimedia
> Extras

I'd like to see a simplified version of this:

Fedora Core (similar to a minimal install)

Fedora (The main distribution, similar to current Core)

Fedora Extras (similar to current fedora.us, but with the occasional
ISOs being pushed out for easier distribution)


Phil