Bug 119710 - installer gives no hint as to ability to customise packages
Summary: installer gives no hint as to ability to customise packages
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Whiteboard: FC3
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-01 18:16 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-09-22 19:13:22 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2004-04-01 18:16:59 UTC
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Description of problem:
The installer gives four install types:
 1. Personal desktop
 2. Workstation
 3. Server
 4. Custom

It is not clear enough that options 1-3 will allow the package list to
be customised later. (Much later actually)

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-04-05 21:59:33 UTC
To be honest, my end goal is to get rid of custom... it serves little
purpose at this point (the other install classes give you just as much
customization potential), but it's a little late to change for FC2 at
this point.

Comment 2 Leonard den Ottolander 2004-05-03 12:25:44 UTC
If you keep in "Custom" for now you might want to add the "select
individual packages". I am also unable to adjust the package list when
doing a custom installation of FC2t3.

It's not very intuitive that you can customize the package list for
all but a custom installation.


Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2004-09-22 19:13:22 UTC
The way that it currently is mirrors the way that other installers
work and seems to be reasonable.  Until custom dies at least :)

Comment 4 Need Real Name 2004-09-23 07:03:07 UTC
> It is not clear enough that options 1-3 will allow the package
> list to be customised later. (Much later actually)

Can't we at least mention it? Go on!

Comment 5 Leonard den Ottolander 2004-09-23 11:48:10 UTC
I do not know of which other installers you speak, but the fact that
one cannot customize the package selection for *only* a "custom"
installation still strikes me as weird. (Must say I haven't checked
this for FC3t1/2 though.) This means only the "custom" installation is
not customizable wrt package selection. You call that reasonable
behaviour ;) ?



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