Community driven doesnt mean including everything by default in core.
There is a set that exists somewhere between "everything" and "just the
defaults".
As has already been pointed out there are a number of "duplicate" things
that will always be part of core. You can also include several duplicate
things before begging to approach everything.
We shouldnt be looking at packages moving from core to extras as
removal
of choice at all. Since fc4 will have extras enabled by default its easy
enough to install it using yum if you prefer anything over stuff
included in core already.
There is an amount of utility to having things available on a CD, even more
so on the official Fedora CDs. From this thread moving to extras seems like
somewhat of a new idea (we witnessed solicitations for a contributor willing
to take it over). That doesn't exactly inspire confidence that this is all
part of a well thought out plan.
More importantly is this a policy change? Is deprecated no longer a valid
state for a package to transition through? Can any package be deemed not
worthy and thrown in the air with the hopes that someone will step up and
maintain it at Extras?
not sure about extras isos. you will have to ask Seth but fedora
core
being trimmed down to 1 cd looks like a good idea to me
While we're at it, why not just make core the network install boot image?
After all, a logically and physically small install set is Fedora's primary
goal.
It seems to me there are extremists on both sides of the issue, each have a
point, yet the distribution each would produce is one I'd have little
interest in.
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Anduin Withers
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-devel-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:fedora-devel-list-
> bounces(a)redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rahul Sundaram
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:11 AM
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core
> Subject: Re: cyrus-imapd (Was Re: Removed packages
>
> Hi
>
> >
> >I ever thought Fedora was Community Driven. It seems like RedHat needs
> >another argument for Enterprise Linux.
> >
Community driven doesnt mean including everything by default in core.
> Thats the only way to try and please everyone. core should only include
> default apps. dovecot is the current default.
>
>
>
> > If i ever read anything about
> >OpenSource it is the Freedom of Choice. What Choice? Which additional
> >Repo i have to use to get my Desktop/Server up and running?
> >
We shouldnt be looking at packages moving from core to extras as
removal
of choice at all. Since fc4 will have extras enabled by default its easy
enough to install it using yum if you prefer anything over stuff
included in core already.
>
>
> >
> >Maybe someday we have a extra.iso.dvd and core fits on 1 CDRom
> >
>
not sure about extras isos. you will have to ask Seth but fedora
core
being trimmed down to 1 cd looks like a good idea to me
>
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