Installer option to install everything / little, was Re: FC5T2 ready ...

[David Timms]

Brian D. Carlstrom wrote:

>John Summerfied writes:
> > Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > You are the first for this release.
> > Third today by my count, but I've not been watching closely.
>
>I used to be selective about package installation, but on a recent
>machine I just selected everything. The main reason is because I run a
>  
>
OK, I was going to file an enh request regarding this, but since there 
is lots of opines here, what do people think of the following as a 
solution to the various views expressed:
1. Everything option (stays) removed.

2. For the list at left (the general groups), a right click popup is 
provided, with two options.
  a. unselect all [?ctrl-shift-a (gimp) not sure what other appz 
standardize on]
All groups would be deselected, leave only the "base operating system" 
(for firewall / special builders)
  b. select all - [ctrl-a]
  c. select all - default optional components
All default parts of each of the 6? groups would be selected.

3. For each package sub group (RHS) with options: again a right click 
popup is provided with the same three options:
  a. as above
  b. as above
  c. default selections (so if you make a mistake you can easily go 
back, without restarting the installer - Probably also good for the left 
list as well.

Coding could be pretty simple (for items in chosen list, check= on/off, 
not sure about the default selects - ignore for v1?)...(same in text 
mode installer!)

Anyway, good potential solution ???  DaveT.