[Libosinfo] [PATCH 11/12] fedora: Add netiso media entries

[Christophe Fergeau]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 03:20:11PM +0000, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 02:29:54PM +0000, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> >> > other applications might want to use that
> >> > distinction for other purposes, not only to get a f21 unattended installer.
> >>
> >> Maybe but I wonder what can they possibly do with that information
> >> since all they can see is that the two medias are different.
> >
> > Knowing that one media is a live image, and another is a netiso
> > is more than "the 2 medias are different".
> 
> Yeah, the difference of installer & live is of course significant and
> I can see the value of that differentiation to the app but I thought
> we were talking the difference of DVD vs netiso.

And I thought you were talking about live VS netiso ;)

> 
> > You may want a live iso but
> > not a netiso as you want a quick preview of a system, you may want a
> > netiso because it's smaller, you may not want a netiso because you know
> > installation is likely to be a bit longish, ...
> 
> Yeah but that can only work if apps have a way of knowing its 'network
> installer' rather than just another variant.

Yes, which was my initial question/point, this commit adds separate
medias for netinst, but does not add separate variants for netinst, so I
was asking if this is planned.

Christophe
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