On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 02:21 -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
Nils Philippsen <nphilipp(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 20:03 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > No it doesnt. I made my argument with detailed rationale on why I
> > believe it is not useful in general cases. If you disagree with me, feel
> > free to do so but I would like to hear a detailed set of use cases that
> > make it a convincing enough argument for Anaconda to support it for end
> > users apart from Kickstart capability.
> What most people complain about here is AFAICS that we completely
> removed (instead of just hid) an option they valued and that was a well
> tested (by them), supposedly no-brainer sort of code path, very much
> unlikely to give any problems down the road. Granted we have a new
> package selector in anaconda now, but I guess adding back the Everything
> checkbox and code, perhaps hidden behind an "offereverything" boot
> loader option (so we don't scare away unsuspecting types) can't be that
> much of an effort. I'd say it would be worth the trouble, because then
> we could end this discussion.
Yet again: The code to do this is probably quite simple. The problem is the
fallout in form of non-working systems with weird sympthoms, security
problems caused by forgotten servers installed, performance problems due to
unnecesary stuff running (or at least on disk), longer update times (and
higher load on mirrors). The (missing) feature you see, it's fallout you
don't.
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I just spent about and hour ticking check boxes because I wanted
everything. I want to test it, play with it, break it, fix it. I have
the bandwidth and the disk space. If in the process of my explorations I
find I need an application or library, I want it to be there. I want to
see Japanese characters when I access a Japanese web page. I want the
Polish professor in my LUG to see Polish when he borrows my laptop.
Please give me back that option, even if you hide it.
Stanton Finley
http://stanton-finley.net/