Fedora core 3 feature requests

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

>Fedora core 3 -  Feature requests
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>I am not sure whether it is too late but I will post
>my thoughts on the upcoming fedora core 3 release. 
>
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>
It's not late. The schedule has only been released  two days ago.

>Things that will not be there
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>
>Since many people using bring this up I am adding this
>upfront to avoid unnecessary stuff. All these have
>potential legal issues and probably will not be
>included
>
>Mp3 playback
>DVD playback
>Mono
>NTFS support
>All your favorite software :-)
>
>  
>
Should change the last one to "All your favorite software which has a 
restrictive license and/or problems with the DMCA"

>Feature Requests
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>
>* Organisation of packages
>
>	CD reorganisation to realise the goals of seperating
>the packages as core, alternatives and extras. This
>would mean that Fedora core would just be 1 CD where
>we will get the defaults for many stuff. The rest
>would be available in other CD's not part of core.
>Those who download all the CD's will have no
>difference and will be able to choose the stuff they
>like instead of the defaults
>  
>
This is not simple. Many people have asked this , but so far no one 
started working on comps.xml... And this is no simple task...
If people start now , maybe in FC4 or FC5 the job will be finished.

>Documentation
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>Basic docs like Installation and reference guides.
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Initially , the docs for RHL 9.0 still aply for FC. But some changes are 
needed.. I cant tell for sure , but I bet that people willing to help 
are welcome.... More details in 
http://www.fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/ .

>Security
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>
>Disable as much as services by default as possible or
>provide an option during installation to do it the way
>the user wants with good defaults.
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>
Why not place some new reports on bugzilla about this? I never cared 
about the defaults , as I change them so fast I dont even have the time 
to get  used to them :)
If you think some of the current services enabled could (and should) be 
disabled by default , just explain why and probably they'll be changed 
for the next version.

>Community
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>
>Open up cvs/subversion access to packages
>Include a wiki
>Provide packaging guidelines 
>Allow volunteers to include packages. 
>Get  upstream developers involved in bug reports and
>packaging if possible
>Incorporate the fedora planet for blogs
>Provide links to all fedora related sites
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>
No idea about those.. You should ask this to the redhat folks... But I 
believe that the packaging guidelines will probably fit those used by 
fedora.us.

>Misc
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>* Include a groupware suite - Kolab ?
>* Command line equivalents to system-config-* for what
>is missing
>* System-config-packages should have an option to
>install third party packages
>* Udev - Enabled by default ( Gnome volume manager
>requires it, good thing)
>* SELinux - Enabled by default ( needs good exposure)
>* NX Support other than VNC - see
>http://dot.kde.org/1088363665/ ( Better speed, more
>features)
>* Include clamav for scanning windows viruses (Useful
>for Hetrogenous networks and web hosting)
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>
For a list of things planned (and what people have asked) , check the 
threads at 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-July/msg00056.html 
and 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-July/msg00068.html .

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Pedro Macedo