From release notes for FC5T3 (web)

[Jim Cornette]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:

> Its better to make the post installation package management flexible 
> enough to deal with all kinds of use cases on adding and removing 
> additional software on the system IMO.
> 

I agree that having a very capable package management program far 
outweighs the initial installer which is single use.
The initial installer probably should only install a basic GUI with a 
few games, a browser and enough items to keep one entertained while the 
person is waiting on the system to be completely functional after 
package selection was completed via the post install package manager.
I guess you would need security, languages and the like installed for 
protection during the post-install system readiness phase.

I still desire to pull in a lot of applications that do sort of the same 
things, some servers, multiple desktops and items which are pretty much 
what was obtainable selecting an everything install in earlier 
distribution versions.

Since I use a lot of programs that are not in core, I would need to 
setup repos for the packages and use a post-install package retrieval 
and installer after initial installation anyway.

Jim
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