On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 03:55:30PM -0400, john.flor...@dart.biz wrote:
> So maybe I should say that I think Fedora has always had it just about 
> right, IMHO.  A very small, but functional system ready to grow and can do 
> so with its own tools.

Yeah, but there's _so much_ room to quibble over what "functional" means
there. For cloud JEOS images, I think we need less than that (because
extremely ridiculously minimal is what people are asking for).


> Makes sense, but can someone please tell me what "comps" stands for?  I 
> mostly know what they're used for, but have never guessed the acronym.  My 
> best guess just came to me after years of pondering: compilations? Anyway, 
> I feel rather stupid asking this Q, but hey "there's no stupid Qs, right?" 
>  ;-)

Once upon a time, the installer presented you with a dialog with the title
"Components to install". (I believe this even *predates anaconda*.)

This is the list of those components. The "comps file".



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