PROPOSAL: Core redefinition
Andy Green
andy at warmcat.com
Sun Jul 25 10:08:17 UTC 2004
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On Saturday 24 July 2004 09:25, Warren Togami wrote:
> Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> > I still think that moving KDE away from core is a Bad Idea. I have
> > always preferred KDE over GNOME, as many other people do.
For what my Joe Q Random opinion is worth here, I agree with Felipe.
> Know that there may also be benefits to moving KDE to Extras.
> * Red Hat does not emphasize enigneering work on KDE. Most of the RH
> desktop team works mainly on GNOME.
> * As a result our KDE is always not as good as it could be.
Why not fix that by making a better KDE and giving Than some more support. Is
it "Not Invented Here?".
> * Changes to KDE must be done without compromising the Fedora/RH way of
> doing things. This would mean tight communication/collaboration with
> the RH desktop team.
To me this sounds an aggressive way from Redhat.
Here's a constructive suggestion.
Redefine "Core" to mean a true minimal install. I have a remote dedicated
server that is running Fedora (fantasically) for example, that scenario is a
great candidate for being "Core". No Xorg, try to shrivel package
interdependencies to a much better minimum set.
Then stick Xorg and everything else needed for a great desktop in "extras".
Gnome and KDE are equal citizens then. Nobdoy can complain $DE is loved and
the other is a stepchild.
All the extra packages are installed by yum or equivalent once Core is
installed and running, as a normal action. Packages installed should be the
latest available from repos available, not the ones on install media, just
like a real user using yum update. Nothing to stop Anaconda allowing package
selection at the start of the install and automating the install action on
the first reboot.
- -Andy
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