On ۱۰/۰۵/۰۸ 06:01, drago01 wrote:
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Hedayat Vatankhah<heda...@grad.com> wrote:
Hi all,
There is a bug in Fedora package management since FC4 (except Fedora 8)
that potentially affects ALL of the Fedora installation DVD users
(people who are not annoyed by this bug will probably find other
alternatives more suitable (e.g. Live CD install, Network install or the
new BFO if I spell correctly!)). The reason that this bug is still open
is not technical, but almost completely political. And as I see it in
the current state, it is not going to be fixed anytime soon.
The mentioned bug is this one:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625 (installation media
support in PackageKit).
While a user can create a repo file for the DVD's mount point and go
with it, but that is not acceptable for a new user to live with such a
solution.
It is really annoying that the installation DVD is useless for an
ordinary user after installation. And this is really unfortunate that
this bug is still open because of such small issues.
Why?
The installation DVD is for installing the system that's it.
Installing software from it afterwards is pointless anyway as updates
might cause dep conflicts and or provide newer/fixed versions anyway.
Somebody who have a good internet connection and will install any new
packages from the internet will not go with installing from DVD at the
first place. Why should somebody download more than 3GB and use a very
small amount of it at the installation time and then install any extra
packages from the internet?! Such a person will probably use LiveCD
install, or he can happily download the netinst iso (which is just about
150MB) and then install directly from the internet. Notice that a lot of
DVD users do not download it themselves and will buy it or receive it
from another person. And they need to be able to use it as much as
possible.
If it is still ambiguous, let me bring an example: currently I have only
a dial-up connection at home. As a result, my Fedora 11 installation is
not updated at all (maybe only its pidgin, which I have downloaded by
hand and installed). Even downloading the repository metadata is
something I try to avoid as much as possible. So, I almost NEVER update
my Linux installation in home, except if I really need it or it is so
small (thanks to delta rpm, it is possible to update a little more).
There are many users which will almost never install any packages from
the internet except when they really need it, and also you should be
aware that many prefer to buy DVDs which contain additional software
rather than downloading that themselves.
Goo luck,
Hedayat
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