On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Kevin Kofler<kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wrote: > So let me summarize what's going on: > * People are wondering whether it still makes sense to ship split CDs in a > DVD era, also considering the other options which are still available for > people with only a CD drive (live CDs, which are the recommended install > method these days, at least if you believe the download page, and > netinstalls). I'll go one further. I'll say that even DVDs are legacy at this point and the main focus for the project needs to be bootable ssd targets..which have no pre-defined size...given me the ability to assemble a literal keychain full of 512 M flash keychain drives that I can then turn into a set of installable media for each Fedora release..or convert it back to CDs or DVDs. Yes, that is most definitely crazy talk. But I'm not sure the split media issue goes away by dropping split CDs specifically. I don't know if Seth was making a joke about the need for split-DVD or not, but I don't think the DVD size target is the end-all be-all of media targets. I do think we are quickly approaching a time when a flash or ssd target is going to appear more reasonable for a whole new range of consumer devices that don't include a mechanical spinning drive of any kind. 4 or 8 gig flash drives aren't horribly expensive but that arent dvd-r cheap either. Splitting an install package set across 2 or more smaller flash drives maybe a desired and cost effective option sooner rather than later. I just don't think you can get away from the complexity of split-media long term no matter what the dominate media actually is. -jef -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
