Fedora 7

[dragoran]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> [...]
> - Modify the build system to support this new paradigm
> - Merge Core and Extras in source control
> - Use the new pungi tool to spin all releases
> - A Fedora Desktop spin
> - A Fedora Server spin
> - A Fedora KDE spin
> - Make LiveCDs as a part of the distribution release process
> - Ability to customize non-packaging distrubution parameters
> - Switch to libata drivers for PATA support
> - Speedup of bootup and shutdown
> - Make wireless rock-solid
> - Add wireless firmware for all the chipsets we can
> - CodecBuddy
> - Fixing the proliferation of dictionary packages
> - Support encrypted filesystems
> - Fast user switching in the desktop
> - Fix the firewire stack
> - Switch to a tickless kernel by default
> - Fix unnecessary wakeups across the distribution
> - Add KVM virtualization support to our tools
> - Investigate (but probably don't switch to) new init technologies
> - Add the nouveau drivers for nVidia cards
> - Speed up Yum and RPM
> - Add support for RandR 1.2
> - Switch to syslog-ng
> - Make the update system useable by all
>
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can we add this to the list:
make yum/pirut able to install software from media (cd/dvd) ?
This was on the TODO list since FC5 is out and its still not fixed
I know that this works by setting up a local repo but this isn't really 
a option (for new users) and requiring a broadband connection to install 
software will let some users switch to <insertdistrowiththisfeature> or 
even back to windows.