Fedora Core 2 Distribution Size

Jos Vos jos at xos.nl
Fri Jan 2 19:01:51 UTC 2004


On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 06:56:40PM +0000, Jon Atkinson wrote:

> I think that it's not so much the size of the distribution (the more 
> software that is 'distribution certified' [included] the better, 
> right?), but the way that software is arranged on the disc images. It 
> would be nice to see the base system, kernel, X and gnome on the first 
> disc, with KDE, OpenOffice etc on disc 2, other software on disc 3.

The way the software is distributed among the CD images is directly
related to rpm dependencies and the calculated package install order,
so that can't be easily changed in the way you suggest, without major
impact on installer etc.

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