FC3 requests - Text Anaconda pkg selection

[Jim Cornette]

Japheth Cleaver wrote:

>
> Something I would dearly love would be the older package selection 
> interface from the RH9 Text-only anaconda installer. 90% of the time 
> I'm installing RH/Fedora, I'm installing a server and probably don't 
> have a mouse attached, which means I use the text interface.
>
> FC1 changed the "Manually select packages" interface, eliminating the 
> package info screens, and making the "which package in a group is on 
> or off?" overview screen rather un-intuitive.
>
> Searched high and low for a reason on the devel/test and anaconda 
> lists and didn't really see any reference to it. Was there a specific 
> reason behind it, and would there be a chance of reverting back?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Japheth Cleaver
> cleaver at ixpres.net
> cleaver at rohan.sdsu.edu
>
>
The idea relayed from prior list discussions was that post-install was a 
more sane environment. Another point was that the installer is used only 
for initial installation. A package installation/removal tool was 
considered to be a better area to customize package selection.

I like the upfront package selection ability myself. I rarely 
post-install packages from disc. However, I got that the individual 
package selection is a "gone" concept, not to return.

I believe the discussions were on the phoebe beta list, I'm not sure of 
where the conversation took place. I believe it was before the Fedora 
Core concept. RHL 10 was guessed to be the next release.

Jim