On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:36, Nathan Robertson <nathanr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In the above scenario, we all end up installing a system from half the > number of CDs, and get 90% of what we want. Then we grab the 10% of > "personal favourites" we prefer from extras. Everyone elses favourite > 10% doesn't affect the size of my download then, and everyone remains > happy. In Australia DVD drives are down to $59 each (that's $US42), DVD blanks are available for $2.60 each in bulk ($US1.89), and DVD writers are rapidly getting cheaper. This combined with the decreasing cost of broadband net access makes DVD installation increasingly useful. I expect that in about a year most people will be installing from DVD rather than CD, which means that we could double the amount of data and still fit on one disc. Or the same amount of data and have both source and binaries on one disc. Moving things to extras to save on the number of CDs seems rather short-sighted. I think that the choice of what gets in "extras" and what is in main should be made on the technical merits of the software, our ability to support it, and customer demand. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
