On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 13:24, Gerry Tool wrote: > > If I go the Upgrade route, I have no control over what is upgraded. It's > > all or none. Moreover, there is no apparent means of installing new > > packages. > > AFTER install, use System Settings > Add/Remove Applications to make any > changes you wish. But that might overwrite things that I don't want upgraded. > > WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE LIST? > > This was discussed ad nauseum in the lists and the decision was made to > simplify the install and leave more refined choices to later. This > seemed to satisfy most participants. You are an example that not all > people can be pleased by choices that are made. I don't recall that at all. Moreover, then the description of the "Custom" option is inaccurate. I also suspect that this will create problems for people who have Gnome installed. Given the presumed constituency of Fedora users, I cannot understand why there is no way to exact full control over the installation. What was the downside of maintaining the "individual package" option?
