From release notes for FC5T3 (web)

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Mar 9 18:44:53 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 12:49 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
> On Thursday 09 March 2006 12:12 pm, Tony Molloy wrote:
> > That's exactly right. What would be very useful is an "Everything Install"
> > that installed everything but only the languages and locales you have
> > choosen.
> >
> > But this battle has already been lost on another list
> 
> What all the anti-everything adherents refuse to comprehend is that their way 
> is not the only way. I hesitate to use the term, but we're dealing with folks 
> who are controlling. 
> 
> On another list I asked two simple questions of the anti faction: 
> 1) Would it be a big deal for the coders to reinstate the "Everything install" 
> button?
> 2) Was there still an objection if the button were hidden, and accompanied by 
> large disclaimers? 
> 
> Not one of the vociferous anti-everything faction responded - this was 
> reposted three times during a very long debate on the issue. My conclusion is 
> that the decision had been taken, and the fact that numerous users disagreed 
> with the decision was of no account. The debate was never truly a debate - 
> the issue was decided without end-user input. So, I repeat, we're dealing 
> with control-freaks - it's a bad sign for Fedora, in my view. 
----
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Craig




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