On Mon, 15 Mar 2010, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 09:50 -1000, David Cantrell wrote:
The names of the tasks maybe need more description. The reason they are radio buttons instead of checkboxes is that the choices indicate preset lists of yum package groups to install.
I may be dim, but why does that mean they have to be radio buttons? Can't anaconda just sum the list of package groups if you pick more than one option? I don't see any intrinsic reason why the user _shouldn't_ be allowed to configure a system that's both a Graphical Desktop and a Software Development system, say.
i was about to make precisely the same observation -- i don't know a single person amongst my linux social circle that would install a system that didn't incorporate the graphical desktop *and* the standard S/W development tools.
and, yes, i *realize* that one can always pop into customization to set it up exactly the way you want, but the whole point of those initial radio boxes is, i assume, to give people a quick way to pick a configuration, but that doesn't do much good if the only configurations you support are combinations that most people wouldn't select in the first place.
i suppose one could put in a BZ request but i can't imagine that would have much effect since that really would constitute a major change in functionality.
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