As for per-package installation, it has two disadvantages:
1) It is very slow if compared to squashfs (just take a look at mageia
installation process, if they still use per-package installation, and be
prepared to wait a couple of hours)
2) We have too many packages (~10.000) and most users have no idea about
what 99% of that packages do.
Imho, it makes more sense to follow SUSE way and to have a base squashfs
image with minimal system and additional images - e.g., with KDE, Gnome
and other DEs, with printing/develpment stacks, localizations for every
language, etc. So users will be able to make a top-level choice without
digging into per-package basis and still have enough flexibility to
setup their system according to their needs.
But again - talk is cheap and still we have nobody willing to improve
the installer:)
20.04.2014 11:28, Blackcrack ?????:
Hi,
relly truth , i hate the squashfs installing methode, because
this make not possible for the user to installing exactly this what
the user want (what all the user want) !
an RPM-Releate installation it is much better, because, like with the
real installer, the one and only
make it possible to the user for have an selection/choice to
installing what exactly the user whant..
i be ever against this f-beep- crap, garbaged f-beep- installer who
use squashfs method ,
where it is set/give, was installed and what not !
i hat the f.. crank installer with squashfs !
and i be an old Mandrake user !
best regards
Blacky
Am 20.04.2014 09:10, schrieb Denis Silakov:
19.04.2014 15:23, Tomasz Pawe? Gajc ?????:
2. Feel free if you want to do this, and create meta-task packages
for all languages and packages that provide separate translation
subpackages(see, calligra or firefox). Remove unused packages is not
only for language support, it also help uninstall packages that are
specific to hardware support.
This specific also has a technical backgorund - we (both ROSA and
OMV) are installing using squashfs - that is, an archive of
filesystem where all packages are already installed. And after this
archive is unpacked, unneeded packages are removed.
A possibility to make installer more modular and be able to install
not just a single squashfs was discussed several times, but up to now
we had no volunteers to implement this,
