FC5T2 ready for even a test release?

Nils Philippsen nphilipp at redhat.com
Thu Jan 26 13:58:36 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 05:09 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> >I agree with you Dan.  The idea of a custom
> >install[Install Everything] should not be removed.  It
> >is time consuming to click on too many buttons.  Keep
> >the layout, it is excellent but please bring back the
> >custom install option.  I understand the need to make
> >specialized options, i.e, for language customizations,
> >selecting packages, etc.  The changes in Anaconda are
> >nice, but why get rid of a good thing "The everything
> >install".  
> >  
> >
> ... because its not so good. 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-January/msg01138.html. 
> Tell me on what occasions would a end user need it?

Lemme see... last I looked, Fedora wasn't just for end users but also
for testers and developers, on the contrary I would recommend that
(unmanaged ;-) end users should use distributions with longer life
cycles than Fedora.

(If this is Thursday, I don't dare imagining Friday)
Nils
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