From release notes for FC5T3 (web)
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Mar 7 18:06:50 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:22, Andy Green wrote:
> >
> > That's why you have yum.
>
> But look at the trend in distro sizes, they aren't shrinking. Why not
> install everything in extras at the same time according to the logic of
> trying to dodge missing deps. And maybe Dag or Livna too. The whole
> idea doesn't scale, and make needless load on the update mirrors as well
> as the increased security perimeter.
OK, so we need some intelligence about what should be included
in a distribution rather than ways to avoid installing what is
on the CD's.
> > So how do you ever decide to run a new program?
>
> Turning that around, how, as you imply, does installing everything help
> you to decide to run a new program? Apropos?
xman used to be the nicest way, but nobody bothers with
man pages anymore.
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Les Mikesell
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