FC5 xorg and dual head
Chris Jones
jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Sun May 14 17:24:56 UTC 2006
Hi,
> One that runs the programs you had from the last release.
In which which we would have a different "normal" installation for everyone on
this list, since I am sure what I want to run is different from you :)
What I mean by "normal" is the procedure that was used to install. I.e. For me
a "normal" installation is something like, someone sticks in the install
DVD/CD/NFS etc. and runs anaconda. They then do a clean installation and
choose the packages they want. By definition, the packages offered to them
should work. They could also do an upgrade, but this is well know to be more
prone to problems, increasing as the gap between the FC versions increases.
IMHO, it is completely nature and expected that from time to time, some
application that runs in FCn will not run in FC(n+1) (or FC(n+2) ....)
>
> > What I would expect, is that exactly which packages get installed during
> > a "normal" (clean?) installation would depend on exactly which
> > applications the user asked for.
>
> Have you run any other operating systems before? Some of them
> have maintained backwards compatibility for decades. It's
> not impossible and not too much to expect for one release
> back.
I'm not sure I understand your point. With FC5 we DO have backwards
compatibility maintained. IF you need them they are installed for you. Are
you suggesting they should be installed regardless of if anything needs them
or not. ? If so I would have to disagree, I don't want stuff on my machine I
don't need.
Chris
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