On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 14:34 -0800, K. Richard Pixley wrote: > Jeff Vian wrote: > > > That's what conflict resolution is there for. Again: it used to work. > > > It no longer works, because the "install everything and the kitchensink" > > > option is no longer there. > > > > > GOOD > > > I'm confused. Fedora used to be an easy to install, integrated, > fairly comprehensive operating system distribution. You're saying > that you want it to be hard to install, non-integrated, and not > comprehensive? > > What is it that you want from your operating system distribution? > What I *don't* want is the major bloat that used to be in the "install everything" option. Every language for man pages, OOo, spelling, etc. Over 200 packages and way over a gigabyte of drive space lost for things that I will never in my lifetime use. Plus the extended update times needed to update the bloat when there is no reason for it. What I would like is the ability to have a simple select button within each of the smaller groups where I can select everything in the group with a single click. For example, the database server groups for mysql and postgresql. Less than half of each group is selected by default and if I want them all a single click would be ideal Similarly with development software. If I want the whole shebang for perl a single button to select all perl related packages would be nice. (as it is there is about 40 or so packages to choose individually) This would hit a happy medium between the "everything" proposers and the "minimalist" proposers. The default could be near minimal, with a very easy way to choose to get everything I want (which may / may not meet your definition of everything as well). Those who want the kitchen sink in their install could simply select everything in _all_ groups, and I may select everything in only a few groups. > --rich > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
