Summary of the 2008-03-11 Packaging Committee meeting
Dmitry Butskoy
buc at odusz.so-cdu.ru
Thu Mar 20 17:38:12 UTC 2008
Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Dmitry Butskoy <buc at odusz.so-cdu.ru> said:
>
>> Jesse Keating wrote:
>>
>>> Again, the time to install the few extra packages is trivial. Minutes.
>>> And in the real world you don't get extra credit for finishing 10
>>> minutes faster,
>>>
>> Not agree. I am working in production 24x7 environment, where 10 minutes
>> cost too much...
>>
>
> If it is a "production 24x7 environment", then you either build a new
> system and swap over or use kickstart to automatically build a
> pre-tested and pre-configured setup. If 10 minutes matter, you don't
> wait for someone to click and choose install options and then manually
> configure things.
>
>
Do not take me so literally. I did not say that the text-install is more
fast for all. I meant that for "skilled enough CLI user" some things
could be faster when he/she does not use GUI. In some (perhaps specific)
production environments it matters...
~buc
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