That's excellent news when "FC7T1" e.g. did not even
include "gcc".
That's because its a desktop cd and space is not infinite.
No it's a 2.5 out of 4.5 GB DVD, and there were no other spins available for users
with needs going beyond a pure desktop setup.
I do not know about other users, but in my case, only about
[downloaded] 100 MB of packages from "Fedora Extras" are part of my
default setup, whereas I certainly have about 85% of the "Core" packages
installed [the remainder is essentially composed of "KDE" related
packages]. This makes me really wonder if removing the distinction
between "Core" and "Extras" was a worthwile task [whereas I fully
welcome the use of a unified build system for both]. Doubling the volume
of the distribution to increase package coverage [by usage] by less than
10% still seems questionable to me, especially when the impact on
install media distribution ["bittorrent"] is so severe.
You have to taken into consideration the general case. Not just yourself.
That's why I wrote "I do not know about other users", but even as a poor
individual, I am presumably entitled to raise the **question** of how many of the most
popular/needed packages are to be found in the respective respositories [50/50, 95/05,
etc. (?)] ..
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