+1 to this On Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 21:39 Marcin Szydelski <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1. Very good idea. > > Pozdrawiam/Best regards, > Marcin Szydelski > http://pl.linkedin.com/in/marcinszydelski > mob. +48 793433899 > > > pt., 15 lut 2019 o 17:01 Julen Landa Alustiza <[email protected]> > napisał(a): > >> +1 here. totally agree with >> >> Stephen Gallagher <[email protected]> igorleak hau idatzi zuen (2019 >> ots. 15, or. 16:49): >> >>> For a long time, the Fedora Server Edition has provided a fairly >>> lightweight default installation, but a fairly heavyweight DVD. This >>> is because we opted to include a lot of infrastructure-related content >>> on the disk, such as BIND, FreeIPA, MariaDB and PostgreSQL, among >>> others. >>> >>> The reality these days is that this is probably more or less >>> unnecessary. There's no such thing as a server that is not connected >>> to a network and since we aren't shipping the entirety of the Fedora >>> package collection on this disk, inevitably anyone installing from it >>> is going to need to have access to package mirrors anyway. >>> >>> So I'd like to propose that we get rid of nearly the entirety of the >>> <optionlist> section from comps.xml[1][2] and variants-fedora.xml[3]. >>> The result will be a far smaller install DVD, less space wasted on the >>> mirrors (both for the DVD and the install tree) and very little >>> difference in user experience. >>> >>> Arguments against this have historically been that having it all on >>> one disk is better for network-constrained environments to avoid >>> downloading content multiple times. Realistically, however, I think >>> this is generally going to be solved by local mirroring in most >>> real-world scenarios. >>> >>> >>> [1] https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/blob/master/f/comps-f30.xml.in >>> [2] With the exception of the "server-hardware-support" and >>> "guest-agents" which may be needed for proper installation, depending >>> on the hardware. >>> [3] https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora/blob/master/f/variants-fedora.xml >>> _______________________________________________ >>> test mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >>> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>> List Archives: >>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> test mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > test mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >
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