RPM to install extras (was Re: Dia)

[Robin Laing]

David D. Hagood wrote:
> Given the number of packages being moved to Extras, and the number of 
> people who are complaining about "I did a 'yum install $package' and it 
> didn't find it", may I suggest creating an RPM in the main Fedora 
> repository, named something like "Fedora-extras", that just installs the 
> needed files and config changes to activate the extras repository? Then 
> people can do a "yum install Fedora-extras; yum install $package" and 
> get the extras.
> 
> Then this could be added to the FAQs.
> 
> 

I think that the issue is actually knowing what is available.  There 
are new packages being added all the time.

I like using Yumex as I can search for either features or by name. 
Yea, I know that I can get a list and do this from the CLI, but 
sometimes a nice graphical interface allows me to browse allot quicker 
than scrolling through a list on a terminal screen.