On 08/10/2015 01:46 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
I'd like to propose that we drop from the Server installation everything that is not either part of the default install as it now stands or an optional component for hardware support.
This would mean that we could remove a lot of historical cruft; all of the things we are dropping would remain available post-install or via a network install. They would simply stop being available from a DVD install.
Agreed. +1.
There's a new feature[3] of rolekit that I have been working on that will allow us to deploy roles as part of kickstart, but it does not require that the packages actually be on the DVD at all; it only requires that the system have a valid network connection upon booting up for the first time. The way it will work is by creating a systemd service unit during the kickstart %post that will fire once the network is up on the newly-booted system and then will proceed to pull the packages from the appropriate repositories and start the roles.
As they say around these parts, muy interasante.
Going this route would significantly reduce the size of the DVD as well as the risk that issues in one of our supported roles would block the release. (They would still need to be fixed and pushed stable for 0 -day, but they wouldn't necessitate a respin of the media and thus a new validation run).
Sound reasoning.
If we approve this plan, we'll probably need to amend the release criteria to accommodate it.
Thoughts? I'd like to put this plan in place well in advance of Beta so that we can validate it with early test composes (and not risk slippage).
This is something I've been wanting to do since, oh, F21. I just didn't know how or where to start the process.
Dan