Christopher Beland wrote: > So in the process of triaging Bug 557958, I have found a user with an > interest in lobbying against the decision to allow Live ISOs that are > too large to burn to CD. (They can't boot off USB or DVD, and I think > is experiencing a bug with their network install.) > > I'm not questioning the decision, but as more people discover that > things are too big to burn onto CD, it would be helpful to have > someplace to point them. > > After poking around a bit in mailing list archives, I couldn't find any > official announcement, nor did I find the reference which I think which > was on this mailing list where I first learned about this myself. Does > anyone know which group made this decision, and if there's an official > reasoning? (Or for that matter if there's still a chance that it might > be reversed.) > > It might be helpful to update: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD > > with some explanation, for example: > > * The vast majority of users can boot off USB, if not DVD, and so are > not affected by the change. The larger size better serves the majority > by providing the software that most people need in a Live distribution. > * Non-Live installation methods are still available on CD, including > network install from a minimal image, or offline install from multiple > CDs. > * Users that can only boot off CD but still need a Live distribution can > use Revisor and published kickstart files to slim down the official > spins to include only the software they actually need. > My thought is that there is value in a LiveCD which really is a CD, and value in a LiveDVD which puts virtually everything you normally want on one media, but there is little utility in an ISO which doesn't fit on a CD but still needs network connectivity to be really useful. I can appreciate some people wanting to use a 4GB USB, but 3.5GB of ISO leaves room for some work space and provides enough tools to be useful. A benefit during rapid change (pre-beta) is that if you find that you need X you may have to upgrade a bunch of other things to get X, while X on the ISO may be obsolete, but at least it matches. Yes, I know my opinion is not universally shared. ;-) -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
