Rickey Moore wrote:
*/Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
> (a) fedora had a "seriously-minimal" install that was just
> enough to get yum working and (b) things that are almost-rebrands
I did suggest on fedora-devel a year or more ago that "Fedora
Core" would perhaps be more flexible if it really did mean 'Core',
ie, was a
minimal functional packageset, and there were onionshells around it
based on more extensive packageselection. But in the end the
problem is that with 'fullblown' package configurations that are
suitable for
desktop use, you can't really reach down into even ten times the
memory footprint possible with a Busybox-style implementation, so
Fedora will not stretch into machines that would like a
"seriously-minimal" implementation.
Sounds like one heckuva! idea. Why not just update the core-utils to a
minimal run level, and update the rest as needed? How much could get
broke? A little? a Lot? It would sure circumvent the concerns of those
with a smoothly running Fedora 3, into Fedora 5, maybe with a couple
of hiccups.
<waves hands wildly> I vote for this... Red Hat, wouldn't this be
better for the large users as well? Why didn't I think of this? <g> I
mean you could darn near yum this thing, and use a boot floppy instead
of 4 CD's worth.
Sound idea <tip of the baeball cap to Andy's general direction> Raul?
Ric
I would suggest bringing this idea with the above link to the
fedora-devel list after FC5 is released. The work being done on OLPC
project (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/014dec05/features/olpc/) can
also be potentially leveraged here.
--
Rahul
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