Miles O'Neal wrote:
> Connie Sieh said...
> 
> |Sorry but that is the way TUV has it coded and I agree with them for 
> |taking it out.  I actually like the idea of not allowing a "Everything" 
> |install.  It installs things that exist but are not configured and can 
> |lead to security issues since they are are not configured.  It is also 
> |hard to support as some packages just conflict.
> |
> |In the past when it was hard to install packages after a install was done 
> |I can see how this option could be useful.  Today with yum and the gui 
> |yum front ends making it easy to install packages later I do not see the 
> |real need for this.
> 
> The thing is, some of us like a one step installation
> process.  Every time I have ever used anything less
> than everything (with one exception, see below) it has
> caused lots of problems.  Inevitably things failed
> because of dependancy problems someone missed along
> the way, and some package we expected to be somewhere
> wasn't, so it took a lot of extra effort.  These have
> bitten us many times over the years; loading "Everything"
> never bit us with conflicts.

I have spent quite some time fixing obscure problems with updates on 
machines that had suffered an "Everything" install, so I see it as a 
good news that that option is gone now...

Matthias