On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 01:05 +0100, Gérard Milmeister wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 23:49 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > > I don't want to have to download all of extras just to get the > > convenience of a DVD install (no disk swapping) - especially since in a > > month or so, a good portion of those extras will have updates that > > would need to be individually downloaded anyway. > > > > Most of extras I don't use - I would rather download a smaller install > > iso and just yum install the extras that I do use. > > A problem is, that many people don't have fast internet connections, > therefore relying solely on yum install from remote repositories for > getting all the good stuff is not a good idea, IMHO. Yes, but .. why do you think I am permanently nagging Seth to finally implement a --download-only option into yum. I think, the problem is yum, not "internet connections". > On the other hand > if someone has downloaded a couple of CDs or DVDs it is lot easier to > distribute it to those who cannot afford downloading large chunks. Pardon? When using yum/apt to install on a single-seat/home-desktop you actually spare a lot of downloads, in comparison to downloading CDs, because using yum/apt you'll only download a subset of all available packages, in contrast to using CDs, which means to download everything. > Agreed the problem of updates will still exist. I don't see this as a problem. Using the "download on demand strategy" as I outlined above, I actually fail to see the need for having more CDs than a "minimalistic bootstrap/installer CD" for "users on a small bandwidth connection". Ralf
