> I would like to see more of an emphasis on the "Core"
part of the project, it
> would be nice if Fedora Core 2 could be released with just 1 or 2 installation
> CD images.
Until Fedora Extras really gets going, there's not really *that* much
stuff that can be moved out. It's certainly possible to do a 2-CD binary
distribution (I've done it), but you're trimming more than just fat.
Basically, all the really crufty stuff is also the small stuff.
The easiest way to trim the most space is to remove a desktop, by
far. But I don't think that's very practical for Core right now. More
people want more desktops rather than less. :)
Is it possible to put all the gnome stuff on 1 cd and all the kde stuff on another
and say if you want a gnome only install download cd 1 and cd 2 if you want a kde
only install download cd 1 and 3 if you want to mix and match download all three?
I'm not sure what the package size split between the two desktops and other generic
stuff. Or alternatively have it so a standard install (no selection of packages
other than default) or maybe a desktop/woorkstation install only uses the first two
disks so that people have the option of a third disk that has all the not so used
packages on it such as possibly all the language packs, not used often services such
a nis/news/etc
I'm not sure how this would work with such things a dependancies etc for things like
dicitionaries etc. It would also be nice to have an option in the installer for
languages you want supported on a particular system. Sort of like these are the
languages we support which do you want allowing easy removal during the install of
things like Canna/FreeWnn/various language dictionaries etc. So you can do a full
install just for English/Spanish/Whatever without getting the language stuff for
other languages.
Just my thoughts
Peter
Peter