Re: A choice?

From: Japheth Cleaver (cleaver_at_ixpres.net)
Date: 04/10/04

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    Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:23:41 -0700
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    I think a lot of this discussion can be applied to the "Select Individual
    Packages" option later in the install process too.

    RH9 had a wonderful interface for selecting specifically which packages you
    did and did not want, allowing you to see a description and size
    information on all packages before installing them.

    Fedora did away with this interface in exchange for a "simpler" one, which
    took away the descriptive interface and replaced it with a buggier, more
    obtuse one.

    As an RFE, can we have the old one back?

    Japheth "J.C." Cleaver

    At 12:03 PM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
    >On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:42, Mark A. Hoover wrote:
    >
    > > Allowing somebody a choice isn't going to kill anyone here. Isn't that
    > > one of the reasons why we all decided to run Linux in the first place?
    >
    >I would argue that both your examples (Lilo and an fdisk button) fall
    >into the category of being needlessly redundant. An expert -- the only
    >kind of person who would appreciate the choice -- can choose for
    >themselves if they want to use lilo (admittedly, only after the install)
    >or fdisk (what difference does a button that switches to a console or a
    >key-press sequence make, really?)
    >
    >One of the challenges of putting together a good distribution is
    >choosing reasonable defaults while allowing experts to customize to
    >their heart's content. Fedora is exceptionally good at that, IMHO.
    >
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