[Gllug] Fedora 11 gets it wrong

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:23:26AM +0100, John Edwards wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:50:20AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > [snip]
> >> As to Fedora not supporting LVM in text installer, that
> >> does sounds daft to the point of being a bug. Could just
> >> an oversight, or maybe not implemented due to time or
> >> space limitions. Best way to find out could be to file a
> >> bug and see the response.
> > 
> > Sadly, I believe this was a delibrate decision. Text mode was 'simplified'
> > with the belief that people who don't want to do GUI installs typically
> > just use kickstart. FWIW, i think this is shortsighted myself :-(
> 
> (stunned shock)
> 
> But surely the "simple user" is going to be using the graphical
> install?
> 
> The people who use text mode are those who are doing a custom
> install or running on odd hardware and so need the extra options.

No, you mis-understand what I meant. Text mode wasn't simplified to help
the 'simple user'. It was simplified to reduce the development effort of
maintaining text mode on the basis that most users use graphical mode,
and those advanced users who don't will use kickstart. ie very few people
use text mode, and thus it is not a development priority compared to 
graphical or kickstart which are used by the vast majority of people.

> Is it still worth opening a bug with Fedora about this?
> Or is it a "management" decision to concerntrate developer
> time on other areas?

I'd say its a developer decision actually.

Daniel
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