[gobolinux-users] GoboLinux 013rc2

[Hisham Muhammad]

On 10/23/06, Sean Russell <gobo at ser1.net> wrote:
> Is there nothing else that could come out?  Like TeX, which is enormous,
> and seems like a package that would be less likely to be used by
> somebody booting their machine from a live CD.

TeX is included because, like OpenOffice, it is an important package
which is too big for a separate download for not-so-broad-band users.

> I see three primary uses for a LiveCD.  Probably the most important,
> IMO, is for new installations.  The second is for playing around with a
> new distro, or casual booting on a foreign machine.  The third is for
> rescue.
>
> Since we can't have *everything* on the LiveCD (although Gobo's made a
> good attempt at it), it seems like installation and rescue packages
> should be prioritized, and then have desktop apps fill whatever is
> left.  I would argue that this indicates that something else should be
> found to drop to ensure that the tools required for 2/3s of the use
> cases (installation and rescue) are available.
>
> mdadm and LVM are fairly important parts of an installation or recovery.

We will include it in the next release, but it was brought up to our
attention too late in the 013 release cycle. Sorry about that; in the
meantime, one can "InstallPackage mdadm" once the network is up (which
should happen automatically in DHCP setups).

And thanks for the feeback!

-- Hisham