Intelligent Anaconda (was: Re: The Morning After)

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 16:12 +1030, n0dalus wrote:
> On 3/23/06, Hans Kristian Rosbach <hk at isphuset.no> wrote:
> >
> > In my opinion when you boot anaconda from CD1, it should ask you what
> > cds you have available. So if I only downloaded CD1 & 2 it would not
> > allow me to select packages that are not available on those two cds,
> > possibly asking me whether I want yum to download what I don't have.
> >
> 
> I have suggested this before, and thought it would best be combined
> with a web interface on the Fedora website which would clone the
> install interface. Apart from allowing an easy way to generate
> kickstart files, it could also tell you which CDs you would need for
> your installation.
> 
> Perhaps the most useful thing that a site like this would do is help
> work out which packages should be on what CDs to have the lowest
> average number of CDs needed per installation. It would also allow
> developers to see which installation options are the most used in
> practice.
> 
> Just some ideas,
> n0dalus.

Want to give this idea a try on your own? We could get you some cvs and
web space setup to stage.

Rahul