[Libosinfo] [PATCH 11/12] fedora: Add netiso media entries

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) zeeshanak at gnome.org
Mon Mar 16 15:20:11 UTC 2015


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 02:29:54PM +0000, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
>> > other applications might want to use that
>> > distinction for other purposes, not only to get a f21 unattended installer.
>>
>> Maybe but I wonder what can they possibly do with that information
>> since all they can see is that the two medias are different.
>
> Knowing that one media is a live image, and another is a netiso
> is more than "the 2 medias are different".

Yeah, the difference of installer & live is of course significant and
I can see the value of that differentiation to the app but I thought
we were talking the difference of DVD vs netiso.

> You may want a live iso but
> not a netiso as you want a quick preview of a system, you may want a
> netiso because it's smaller, you may not want a netiso because you know
> installation is likely to be a bit longish, ...

Yeah but that can only work if apps have a way of knowing its 'network
installer' rather than just another variant.

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Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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