New kernel, should be the default (see also hiddenmenu).

[Ricardo Veguilla]

On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 17:34 -0700, Tom Mitchell wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 05:36:05PM -0400, ne... wrote:
> > On Oct 10, 2004 at 11:21, Scott Talbot in a soothing rage wrote:
> > 
> > >seems to me that those who don't want the kernel defaulted, probably
> > >wouldn't want it downloaded either and could, therefore, make use of the
> > >(yum) --exclude=kernel option or up2date's packages to skip feature.
> > >That way we each get what we want.
> > In my case you are totally wrong. I want the kernel dl'd, installed 
> > but not defaulted to. When I reboot and determine that I like the 
> > kernel, I can make the necessary adjustments to grub myself.
> > 
> 
> Then I suspect  you are in a group that should be watching
> the grub directive:
> 
>     hiddenmenu
> 
> I have mixed opinions about which kernel should boot (new and unknown
> or known).  I do have an opinion that the menu should not be hidden.
> 
> A hidden menu makes the presence of a new kernel 'invisible'.
> This has impact in that "users" will not see that there
> is a new or older safety net kernel.
> 
> They will also not see a long list of disk space hogs
> that eventually should be tidied up.
> 
> The FC3test3 clean install default is "hiddenmenu".

I think that "hiddenmenu" (and defaulting to the latest kernel) are 
appropriate for stable releases, where is reasonable for a user to assume 
that any update was previously tested and won't break his computer 

In case of trouble, there should be a very clear[1] 
"press X for advanced/recovery/failsafe options" (show menu)


[1] I don't know how clear this is, ATM.

Regards,
-- 
Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>