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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101022/002552.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101022/002552.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a12606400 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101022/002552.html @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Suggestions + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Suggestions&In-Reply-To=%3C4CC1FACA.8050900%40unige.ch%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="002551.html"> + + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions</H1> + <B>Juergen Harms</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Suggestions&In-Reply-To=%3C4CC1FACA.8050900%40unige.ch%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions">Juergen.Harms at unige.ch + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Oct 22 22:57:46 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002551.html">[Mageia-discuss] Positive Reinforcement +</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2552">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2552">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2552">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2552">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>There is a secondary issue tied to the questions discussed in this +thread: is it good strategy to do all package selection quite early +during system generation? At present, package selection looks to me as +an integral part of the system generation process, "burned" onto the +installation media. Must that be so? has this question already been +discussed? + +Naively, I see an alternative: cut package selection into 2 parts: + +(1) have system installation start by configuring a minimum set of +packages, those that are strictly necessary to obtain a running system +for the hardware and the desktop environment auto-detected / user-selected. + +(2) install additional packages that customise the system to the profile +desired by the user only at the end of system generation - that could +even be delayed to the time the system does its first bootstrap (that +could still be done in a way that is transparent to users who want an +out-of-the-box installation). + +The advantage I see to such an alternative is that it moves the issue of +targetting (customisation to the profile a user or an +apoplication-specific set of users want) out of system generation and +makes the corresponding decisions at release definition easier. To some +degree that may correspond to what RHEL - or is it Scientific Linux? - +propose. + +To play with this idea: the second phase might be done with a tool that +could also be available when the system runs under user control, and +allow the user to change / enrich his profile (without requiring him to +go down to the level of urpmi and installing task-xxx). + +A small additional advantage is that this might help to remove some of +the "installation-stress" for new users: when they install their first +system, the questions on detailed package selection (if the user wants +that) would come at a time when the system is basically ready to run and +the user has received his first "congratulation" message: when he has +stopped being scared. + +Please, dont misunderstand: Mageia needs to turn out the first release +as rapidly and safely as possible - I do not suggest to modify things +now. But - given the present discussion - considering a more flexible +way of doing package selection and profiling would open up a different +background to the present discussion, it might be helpful at mid-range. +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002551.html">[Mageia-discuss] Positive Reinforcement +</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2552">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2552">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2552">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2552">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |